Claap.19. according to S` M a T T 14 "E vv. 479 Verfe i a, which' were fo born ] Of a frigid conftitutíon of body andunapt for generation. This is not continency but impo- tency,efleminacy, a defect in nature. which were madeE n:,ches of men]Evirati;bereft of manhood, as in the Court ofPerf4 @f old, and of Titrky at this day;where Chriftans children arenot gelded only, but deprived °óf all their genitals,*plyingthe.ufesofnature with afilvergfuill: which in- human cuftot a was brought in among them by Selymus the fe- cund, out of jealoufie left his Eunuches were not fochafte as they fhould have been, in keeping their Ladies beds. For,thou h made Eunuches by men, yet are they not without their flefhly concupif__ cences,yea they are magni amatores molieru s, as fhe in Terence faith, which havemade themfelves Eunuches ] Not gelded them - felves,as Origen and Tomeothers in the Primitive times, by miftake ofthis text. (So Tertullian tellsofD emocritiu, that he pulled out his own eyes, becaufe he could not look uponwomen and not lust In nPnto etico. after them : wherein hëdid but pubìifh his extreme folly to the sole h ' b.a.a' whole City, faith he) Nor yet Eyed chemfclves by vow to perpe- beflor uaaio, tuall continency, out of a fuper{litiousopinion ofmeritingheaven cap.6. -thereby, as the, Etl ns of old,and the Popifli Clergynow : But live 'tingle', that they may ferve God with more freedom, fightinga- gairJ f éthiy luf'ts (that fight again, the foul) with thole fpitictrall weapons, Medication, Prayer,A.bftinence,c c. which are ins ry through God to thepulling down of Satans (gong holds fet up in the hearr.Hence the Hebrew, Syriack, Chaldee and Arabiek render this text, , ui cagriiruntanimam [maw, which have gelded their" fouls. Anti the truth is, there they muff begin, that will doe any thing in this kinde to purpofe. Incefe eft, 6 fineftupro, qaa f he- prum cupir,faith Seneca. And S. Pauli virgin mutt beholy both in body,and in Sprit,' Cor.7,31, Verte 13. Then it ere there brought ontohim litt4e ones "J By their parents 'cáréfullóf'their greateft'good. We rr.àit alto pr.e - tent ours,aswecan, to thrift. And ì. Bypraying far them be- fore, ar,arid after their birth. a. By timely bringing them to the ordinance of baptifine with faith, and-much joy in filch apri- viledge. 3. By training themup in'Irvods holy fear; befeeching , " God toperiwade theirlxearts,as No,rlyd dforhis fonLapheth. We may 1peak perfwafively, but God only periwades : as Rebék,ah might cook the venifon, but it was Ifaac only, that gave the .bicfíìng. I i z end
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