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The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…
The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan showing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan shewing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by S. and B.G. for Nevil Simmons, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I. For the Kinds and Degrees of this sin, it is
Either Contemplative, or Practical.
Contemplative Uncleanness is, when the mind pleaseth it self with lascivious and wanton thoughts, delighting the sensual appetite. And thus there may be a world of wickedness in a mans heart, though the act of pollution be refrained: There's many a Whorish heart, where there have not been Whorish acts. And I am persuaded, that the outward act of Fornication and Adultery is not more heinous among men, than the lustful and unclean thoughts of the heart are to God. An Adulterous heart, an Adulterous eye, an Adulterous tongue, are all an abomination to the Lord.
Contemplative Uncleanness is, when the mind pleaseth it self with lascivious and wanton thoughts, delighting the sensual appetite. And thus there may be a world of wickedness in a mans heart, though the act of pollution be refrained: There's many a Whorish heart, where there have not been Whorish acts. And I am perswaded, that the outward act of Fornication and Adultery is not more heynous among men, than the lustful and unclean thoughts of the heart are to God. An Adulterous heart, an Adulterous eye, an Adulterous tongue, are all an abomination to the Lord.