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To conclude then, as Ham was worse then Noah whom he derided, so if you mark▪ they which are wont to speak hardly of others have greater faults themselves▪ which they cannot tell how to cover, but by disgracing others. Thus much of the wicked son, now of the good sons it followeth.

To conclude then, as Cham was worse then Noah whom hee derided, so if you marke▪ they which are wōt to speake hardly of others haue greater faults thēselues▪ which they cannot tell how to couer, but by disgracing others. Thus much of the wicked sonne, now of the good sonnes it followeth.

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