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 words be similes, and there be divers similes in them. The comparison is borrowed from a candle, which serves to lighten all that be in the house: so the eye serves to light all⟨p. 54⟩ the body, and give direction to all the actions.

The words be similies, and there bee diuers similies in thē. The comparison is borrowed from a candle, which serues to lighten all that be in the house: so the eye serues to light all⟨p. 54⟩ the body, and giue direction to all the actions.

If thine eye be single,] To the end of the 23. verse, there is a double Simile, which goeth thus: As a man that hath a good and clear sight in his bodily eye, can carry his body any way right, and keep it without wandering and stumbling: But if the bodily eye have any default or defect, if it be dim and corrupt, then a man cannot walk without falling or stumbling. Nay further, if a man have an eye, and it be blind, he cannot find one steppe of his way. In the same manner (saith Christ) if you have a mind to judge rightly, all is well; but if the judgement be corrupted, there is much darkness, many wants and faults. This is the plain comparison⟨p. 55⟩ here used.

If thine eye be single,] To the ende of the 23. verse, there is a double Simily, which goeth thus: As a man that hath a good and cleare sight in his bodily eye, can carrie his body any way right, and keepe it without wandring and stumbling: But if the bodily eye haue any default or defect, if it be dimme and corrupt, then a man cannot walke without falling or stumbling. Nay further, if a man haue an eye, and it bee blinde, hee cannot finde one steppe of his way. In the same maner (saith Christ) if you haue a minde to iudge rightly, all is well; but if the iudgement bee corrupted, there is much darknesse, many wants and faults. This is the plaine comparison