CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

In the explaining of this concerning the danger of sin to a Godly man in this world, it will appear how difficult it is to them to pass by these Sirens, how hard it is to refuse every temptation that stands like Solomons Whore tempting every passenger to come in; How many had escaped those flames of hell, and had been now partakers of the Robes of Glory, had not this world been a Delilah always enticing them; Not only the profane man but the professor who seemed to give up his Name to Christ, even the world hath undone him as will appear, For

In the explaining of this concerning the danger of sinne to a Godly man in this world, it will appear how difficult it is to them to passe by these Syrens, how hard it is to refuse every temptation that stands like Solomons Whore tempting every passenger to come in; How many had escaped those flames of hell, and had been now partakers of the Robes of Glory, had not this world been a Dalilah alwaies enticing them; Not only the prophane man but the professour who seemed to give up his Name to Christ, even the world hath undone him as will appear, For

¹First Consider the infecting and contagious sinfulness in the world: How hardly can we breathe and live, but we must suck in this pestilential air; As those that live in an infected Pesthouse, or such as abide in a noisome Hospital, they cannot but have the smell and the disease of the place, so to live in this world which is wholly set on wickedness, it's a wonder of wonders if we smell not of it, savour not of it: Therefore pure Religion Jam. 1.27. is said to keep a man unspotted from the world, Unspotted, that implieth what a noisome dunghill or filthy infecting place the world is; Oh then with what care and fear should the people of God walk in this world; Every hour, every day, thou art in danger of getting some spots and defilements upon thee; Thou art not in Heaven or Paradise, but in a place where the devil hath his Throne▪ He ruleth in this world, and therefore pray and watch, depend upon Christ, little dost thou think what mire thou mayest fall in, if the arm of grace support thee not; Did not our Saviour say to his very Disciples that they should take heed of surfeiting and drunkenness, that their hearts should not be overcharged with the cares of this world,