2. Another part of self-interest to be denied is, the pleasing of lustful venereous inclinations. Not only in avoiding the gross act of adultery and fornication it self; but also in avoiding the pleasing of any of the senses by lascivious actions that lead to this: especially some men that are naturally prone to lust, have need to set a work both faith and reason, and sometime call for help from others to quench these dangerous hellish flames; For it is a sin that God hath spoken terribly against, and that so often that intimateth mans proneness to it, and expresseth Gods detestation of it. And seldom doth Paul rebuke it, but he reckoneth up the several kinds, that he may make it odious, and no•e may escape. Gal. 5. 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, &c. of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. The sins which he would not have the Ephesians name, are, [fornication and all uncleanness, neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: because no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an Idolater, hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God] so Col. 3. 5, 6. [Mortify therefore your members which are upon earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is Idolatry; for which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience] 1 Cor. 6 9, 10. [Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, &c. shall inherit the Kingdom of God] 1 Tim. 1. 10. The Law is made for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, &c.] Heb. 13. 4. Whoremongers and adulterers God ⟨p. 141⟩will judge] Read also 1 Cor. 5. 11. Matth. 15. 19. Heb. 12. 16. 1 Thes. 4. 3. Rom. 1. 28, 29, &c. 1 Cor. 6. 13, 18. & 10. 8. Jud. 7, 8. These filthy dreamers defile the flesh, &c. 2 Pet. 2. 10, 14. [But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness—Having eyes full of Adultery, and that cannot cease from sin.] Abhor therefore this filthy damnable sin, which God abhorreth. And to that end please not the flesh by any beginnings of it, or any thing that savoureth of it, or makes way to it.
2. ANother part of self-interest to be denied is, the pleasing of lustful venereous inclinations. Not only in avoiding the gross act of adultery and fornication it self; but also in avoiding the pleasing of any of the senses by lascivious actions that lead to this: especially some men that are naturally prone to lust, have need to set a work both faith and reason, and sometime call for help from others to quench these dangerous hellish flames; For it is a sin that God hath spoken terribly against, and that so often that intimateth mans proneness to it, and expresseth Gods detestation of it. And seldom doth Paul rebuke it, but he reckoneth up the several kinds, that he may make it odious, and no•e may escape. Gal. 5. 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, &c. of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. The sins which he would not have the Ephesians name, are, [fornication and all uncleanness, neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: because no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an Idolater, hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God] so Col. 3. 5, 6. [Mortifie therefore your members which are upon earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is Idolatry; for which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience] 1 Cor. 6 9, 10. [Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, &c. shall inherit the Kingdom of God] 1 Tim. 1. 10. The Law is made for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, &c.] Heb. 13. 4. Whoremongers and adulterers God ⟨p. 141⟩will judge] Read also 1 Cor. 5. 11. Matth. 15. 19. Heb. 12. 16.
