The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Watchfulness standeth upon two parts: The first is, that which prevents all occasions of doing ill, and this is, as it were, a fence or hedge set round about, to guard Gods Commandments, that like wild beasts we should not break in upon them.

Watchfulnesse standeth vpon two parts: The first is, that which preuents all occasions of doing ill, and this is, as it were, a fence or hedge set round about, to guard Gods Commandements, that like wilde beasts we should not breake in vpon them.

The woman, Gen. 3. 3. had learned this Lesson, and held it forth at the first valiantly, as a weapon of great strength to repel Satan's forces, when she expoundeth the Commandment ⁱof the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, Thou shalt not eat, to be as much as if he had said, Thou shalt not touch it. SOLOMON also in his Proverbs ^kwarneth us not to come near the door or gate of an Harlot. And the Apostle ^lwilleth us to avoid, not only bodily filthiness, but chambering and wantonness, as means that lead unto it; especially we are to take good heed to our Senses, our Eyes, our Ears, &c. and to our Tongue, that may make us not to offend. In which sort, Job professeth of himself, If ^mlooking upon the Light when it did shine, or the Moon and precious Sky, my heart was deceived, and my mouth did kiss them, &c. And again, I have ⁿmade a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not look upon a Maid. Hereupon the Wiseman ^o