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The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19.…The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19.…
The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19. verse to the end of the said chapter. By William Perkins.The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19. verse to the ende of the said chapter. By William Perkins.
London: printed by T. Creede for Nicholas Ling, 1603
THE REFORmation of Covetousness.THE REFORmation of Couetousnesse.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
22. The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light. 23. But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be dark. Wherefore if the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness?
22. The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall bee light. 23. But if thine eye bee wicked, then all thy body shalbe dark. Wherfore if the light that is in thee be darknes, how great is that darkenesse?
This part hath divers expositions. First, I will touch one of the principal, though I take it not to be the rightest, and then I will set down that which I take to be the best. And thirdly, I will show how this depends on those things that go before, which will then best appear, when the sense is made manifest.
This part hath diuers expositions. First, I will touch one of the principall, though I take it not to be the rightest, and thē I will set downe that which I take to bee the best. And thirdly, I will shew how this depends on those things that go before, which will then best appeare, when the sense is made manifest.
By single eye some understand a liberal mind. And by a wicked eye, an envious and covetous mind: and so they expound these words of envy and covetousness. And this exposition is to the purpose. And the words of good and evil eye will bear this sense: For Solomon puts the good eye for a liberal heart, & an evil eye for a covetous heart, Proverbs, 22. Therefore this is a good⟨p. 53⟩ sense, but not the proper meaning of this place, as I take it; because the single eye, and the light of the body, are put for one and the self-same thing: