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Then took Shem and Japheth a garment, and put it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, ¹and covered the nakedness of their father, &c. Solomon saith, If sinners tempt thee, yet consent thou not: So though Ham tempted them, they consented not, but when he said, Come and see, they went and hid: Noah stripped himself, but he could not cover himself, so we can corrupt our selves, but we cannot amend our selves. As Ham is accused of two faults, for beholding his fathers nakedness, and for revealing it: so Shem and Japheth are commended for two things, that they would not see their fathers nakedness and that they covered it. All came of one ⟨p. 607⟩root, and all had one duty, & yet see what difference was between them, one was glad of his fathers shame, and the other were sorry for it: one published it, and the other smothered it. These two, saith Moses, saw not their Fathers nakedness. Once it was no shame to be naked: for it is said, that Adam and Eve were both naked,² and were not ashamed. But as sin made labour irksome, which was not irksome before, and made heat offensive which was not offensive before, and made cold hurtful, which was not hurtful before, so it made nakedness shameful which was not shameful before, that rather then a man would be naked now, he will cover himself, as Adam did with fig leaves. Therefore we never read that Noah was naked before he was drunken, showing that a sober man will never open that which nature hath hid▪

Then tooke Shem and Iaphet a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, ¹and couered the nakednesse of their father, &c. Salomon saith, If sinners tempt thee, yet consent thou not: So though Cham tempted them, they consented not, but when he said, Come and see, they went and hid: Noah stripped himselfe, but hee could not couer himselfe, so we can corrupt our selues, but wee cannot amend our selues. As Cham is accused of two faults, for beholding his fathers nakednesse, and for reuealing it: so Shem and Iaphet are commended for two things, that they would not see their fathers nakednesse and that they couered it. All came of one