A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Or, by position, infusing his own bad qualities into thee. Lot hath a little tang •rom Sodom, that sticks by him in the Mountain. Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac: but Joseph learned in Egypt to swear by the life of Pharaoh: Pe•er durst draw his sword against a whole troupe in his Masters quarrel: but after all protestations of inseparableness was infected with the air of the high Priests hall: •nd then he fell to cursing; it is likely that was their fashion, to get credit to their speeches. Herod was loth to give away John Baptists head, but for the company, Matth. 14.9. As a musician tunes his instrument, so he will stretch all thy cords, •ill he hath brought thee to his own key: thou shalt be forced to sing as he will have •hee, Psal. 137.3. Let sin be but an embryo in thee, he will so midwife it that he will deliver thee of it by action: yea so nurse it, till he make it the darling of thy af•ection. Is thy soul thus ravished of her chaste love to CHRIST? thou may•st say to her as Absalom to his sister Tamar: Hath Amnon been with thee? hath the •ad associate met with thee? This poison is never more dangerous than when it •omes in a golden cup. All the spite of Josephs brethren was not such a Cross to •im, as the inordinate affection of his mistress. Tentations on the right hand are •ore perilous, because they are more plausible and glorious. Joseph saw this pleasure ⟨p. 432⟩would advance him: he knew what it was to be the minion of one of the greatest Ladies in Egypt. Yet he contemns it; How shall I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? He knew that all the floods of honour could not wash of […] guilt of one sin. He shuns her society: O that we were so wise to avoid the occasions of evil company. She impudently catcheth hold of his garment, he […] seconds her tongue. But Joseph will rather lose his cloak than this fah, rather be s led of his livery, than of his chastity: refuse all, rather than blemish her honour, […] masters in her, his own in both; Gods in all. Were we all such Josephs, the ped of hell durst not open his pack: his damned wares might lie like dead commodities stinking upon his own hands.