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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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An other means to avoid adultery is set down in Proverbs 2. 8. 16. If knowledge enter into thine heart, and wisdom delight thy soul: Then shall it keep thee from the strange woman that flattereth with her lips. To delight and rejoice in the pure word of God, and to embrace it in ones heart, this will so satisfy the mind, & content the soul with sweet comfort and delight, as that one shall not need to follow the impure and foul pleasures of the flesh that are contrary to God and his word. But if wisdom enter not into the heart, lust will, and if a man find no rejoicing nor pleasure in the word of God, he is in continual danger to seek at the flesh, for no man can live without his delight, and though it break not straight to the main sin of adultery, yet it will begin with other vanities, and not cease till it hath traced one through all the idle and foolish delights, and at length leave him wallowing in this filthy and ⟨image 154⟩loathsome pleasure, for certain where there is not a pure delight there is an impure.
An other meanes to auoid adulterie is set downe in Prouerbs 2. 8. 16. If knowledge enter into thine heart, and wisedome delight thy soule: Then shall it keepe thee from the straunge woman that flattereth with her lips. To delight and reioyce in the pure word of God, and to embrace it in ones heart, this will so satisfie the minde, & content the soule with sweet comfort and delight, as that one shall not need to follow the impure and foule pleasures of the flesh that are contrarie to God and his word. But if wisedome enter not into the heart, lust will, and if a man finde no reioycing nor pleasure in the word of God, he is in continuall daunger to seeke at the flesh, for no man can liue without his delight, and though it breake not streight to the mayne sinne of adulterie, yet it will beginne with other vanities, and not cease till it hath traced one through all the idle and foolish delights, and at length leaue him wallowing in this filthie and ⟨image 154⟩loathsome pleasure, for certaine where there is not a pure delight there is an impure.