THE
HONOVR
OF
CHASTITY
.
GENESIS
39.9
.
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednesse
,
and
sinne
against
God
?
HVmane
policie
is
the
life
of
the
unsanctified
;
but
religious
is
the
life
of
the
regenerate
.
The
former
plotting
for
the
deceitfull
riches
of
this
World
;
the
latter
rewarding
with
a
Crowne
immortall
.
'T
is
no
taske
then
of
impossibility
to
determine
which
of
the
two
shall
best
deserve
our
approbation
.
For
the
one
(
just
like
a
Parenthesis
)
giveth
light
onely
to
the
sentence
of
the
other
.
The
same
support's
with
a
bladder
only
,
exposed
to
the
hazard
of
the
smallest
flaw
;
the
other
is
an
Arke
which
carrieth
us
safely
to
the
cape
of
felicity
.
Dignori
detur
:
Let
the
honour
,
then
,
bee
given
(
not
to
Pan
,
but
)
to
Apollo
;
not
to
humane
devices
,
but
to
religion
;
and
let
each
indifferent
Judge
censure
that
grosse
ear'd
Midas
,
whose
impiety
,
or
ignorance
devote's
him
to
error
.
Ioseph
(
in
my
Text
)
shall
bee
the
just
deligate
,
and
arbitrate
the
matter
(
contrary
to
custome
)
without
any
sinister
corruption
.
Had
not
he
been
as
pious
to
his
God
,
as
just
to
his
Master
,
he
might
(
peradventure
)
have
stollen
a
fall
through
impiety
,
to
deprive
him
at
once
,
both
of
chastity
,
and
honour
.
But
't
was
the
plot
of
his
religion
to
preserve
him
honest
,
that
hee
might
remaine
fortunate
.
Hee
that
was
,
at
first
,
rejected
by
his
brethren
,
was
received
by
the
Ismaelites
;
and
't
was
the
chance
of
chance
to
make
him
happy
,
when
hee
expected
misery
.
His
bondage
(
instead
of
servility
)
became
a
freedome
:
His
slavery
was
soone
converted
into
liberty
:
And
(
as
if
the
Sea
of
his
afflictions
deemed
him
too
good
to
be
drowned
in
infelicity
)
even
that
helped
him
to
float
in
the
height
of
applause
.
None
so
great
as
Ioseph
,
now
,
in
the
love
of
the
vulgar
;
in
the
talke
of
the
greater
;
or
in
the
heart
of
his
Master
.
Durst
wee
to
attribute
this
change
unto
Fortune
,
wee
might
(
with
the
Poet
)
justly
Deifie
her
.
But
the
great
Iehovah
disdain's
such
a
no-thing
should
prove
injurious
to
his
Majesty
;
and
hate
's
as
much
the
Epicure's
deity
,
as
this
sacrifice
.
Ioseph
was
not
more
highly
promoted
,
than
religiously
disposed
;
and
render's
,
therefore
,
his
best
thankes
to
the
God
of
honour
.
Yet
,
behold
a
strange
alteration
.
That
which
before
exalted
him
,
is
now
as
ready
to
cry
him
down
.
His
Mistresse
love's
him
;
So
doth
hee
her
:
Nay
she
lust's
after
him
;
but
so
will
not
he
her
.
His
conscience
sweare's
him
to
obedience
to
the
King
of
Kings
,
teaching
him
observance
to
his
Mistresse
,
but
onely
in
things
lawfull
.
Yet
cannot
hee
bee
bolder
in
refusing
,
than
shee
in
wooing
.
The
redoubt
which
hee
had
to
repaire
to
for
an
excuse
,
was
the
infidelity
to
his
Master
,
which
would
have
insued
upon
it
.
And
(
lest
hee
should
bee
taken
off
from
that
)
be
retreates
to
another
of
far
greater
strength
,
in
the
words
of
my
Text
;
Quomodo
facerem
malum
hoc
maximum
,
&
peccarem
in
Deum
.
The
words
are
an
interrogative
objurgation
to
avoid
a
more
impious
temptation
:
and
containe
,
-
1.
The
Author
refusing
,
I
Ioseph
.
-
2.
The
action
refused
,
aggravated
,
-
1.
By
the
name
,
Wickednesse
.
-
2.
By
the
extension
,
Great
.
-
3.
The
reason
of
the
refusall
.
-
1.
In
respect
of
the
offence
,
Sin
.
-
2.
In
respect
of
the
obiect
,
or
party
offended
,
God
.
Of
these
in
their
order
;
and
first
of
The
Author
refusing
,
I
Ioseph
.
When
God
distils
his
grace
into
the
heart
,
't
is
sinnes
antidote
,
and
works
effectually
.
Divine
vertues
elevate
the
soule
;
and
disdaine
,
as
much
,
a
willing
consent
to
,
as
the
act
of
sinne
.
The
purity
of
the
Operator
contemn's
a
corrivall
in
the
heart
,
solely
possessing
that
chaire
of
estate
:
But
(
if
once
the
malice
of
temptation
purchaseth
entertainment
)
the
former
peace
was
not
more
delightfull
,
than
the
succeeding
warre
prove's
terrible
.
The
Almighty
become's
a
sutor
,
who
(
not
intending
to
work
by
his
power
)
wooe's
by
intreaty
:
and
(
as
if
that
Virgin
,
that
chast
soule
of
man
were
not
worth
acceptance
,
if
won
without
opposition
)
the
divel
likewise
aime's
at
the
purchase
of
it
to
.
Happy
is
that
person
,
whose
reason
(
despising
the
false
allurements
)
yeeld's
a
consent
to
the
God
of
Gods
.
Thus
was
Ioseph
wonne
by
the
deity
:
and
his
heart
was
found
as
constant
,
as
the
opposer
turbulent
.
Had
his
education
nuzled
him
up
in
error
;
or
his
parents
instructed
him
in
Idolatry
:
Had
his
brethren
played
with
wickednesse
;
or
his
companions
dallied
with
disobedience
,
then
the
mist
of
ignorance
might
(
peradventure
)
have
bred
a
Cacatact
,
or
drawne
a
Curtaine
over
the
eyes
of
his
understanding
.
But
such
excuses
must
needs
be
silent
,
because
his
education
was
vertuous
,
his
life
religious
.
Quo
semel
est
imbuta
recens
,
&c.
Teach
a
childe
the
trade
of
his
youth
(
saye's
Salomon
)
and
he
will
not
forget
it
when
hee
is
old
.
Ioseph
had
learned
the
principles
of
Religion
of
his
parents
;
and
,
therefore
,
must
not
(
nay
,
cannot
)
forget
them
among
the
Egyptians
.
That
Court
(
which
in
some
kinde
,
was
the
schoole
of
villany
)
could
never
prove
guilty
of
so
bad
a
proficient
in
such
ill
and
uncivill
wayes
.
But
,
What
do'st
thou
here
Eliah
?
What
hath
Ioseph
to
doe
,
that
hee
dances
attendance
at
the
Court
?
Exeat
aula
qui
vult
esse
pius
.
Mee
thinkes
that
a
Cottage
in
the
Country
,
or
a
lodge
in
the
Wildernesse
of
rustickes
should
have
better
suited
with
his
religious
life
.
Hee
knowe's
that
company
may
allure
a
man
by
subtilty
,
to
what
they
cannot
entice
him
by
intreaty
:
And
where
did
the
Divell
imploy
his
servants
more
than
among
King
Pharoahs
houshold
;
where
wickednesse
was
(
with
some
)
become
their
religion
,
&
iniquity
their
common
devotion
?
But
(
alas
)
hee
was
a
servant
,
and
must
obey
:
Yet
,
where
the
misery
of
bondage
shall
command
him
to
impiety
,
the
uprightnesse
of
his
conscience
may
repeale
the
act
.
It
was
the
Divine
providence
which
raised
his
decayed
estate
,
and
now
ravished
his
Master
with
the
love
of
his
slave
.
Hee
that
before
was
sold
by
his
brethren
,
is
now
redeemed
from
bondage
by
the
hand
of
his
Father
.
For
(
behold
)
God
suffers
him
not
to
live
in
obscurity
;
but
give
's
him
successe
in
his
endeavours
to
usher
him
to
promotion
:
So
that
now
his
Captain
begin's
to
take
especiall
notice
of
him
;
and
reward
's
his
fidelity
with
the
command
of
his
house
.
Where
before
his
honour
goeth
humility
;
for
hee
is
humbled
to
his
God
,
before
he
dare's
venture
upon
command
.
'T
was
his
obedience
to
God
which
advanced
him
;
and
't
is
the
service
of
that
God
,
which
his
thoughts
entertaine
.
Thus
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
whom
God
will
honour
.
The
envie
of
fraternity
shall
be
the
meanes
of
promotion
,
where
loyalty
to
the
Divinity
petition
's
for
it
.
Though
the
hatred
of
a
brother
(
upon
unjust
termes
)
may
seeme
to
intreat
,
yet
it
can
never
perswade
the
Almighty
to
curse
,
when
the
malice
of
the
one
takes
a
daring
from
the
devout
Religion
of
the
other
.
Though
the
strictnesse
of
unfeigned
zeale
,
receive's
the
daily
almes
of
Ioseph's
brethren
,
even
in
these
wretched
times
;
I
meane
,
nothing
but
opprobrious
calumnies
;
yet
the
God
of
that
Zeale
will
burne
up
those
reproaches
with
fire
unquenchable
.
He
that
fight
's
under
the
Colours
of
pure
Religion
and
sanctity
,
shall
be
shot-free
when
he
is
levell'd
at
by
any
reall
injurie
:
Enemies
may
spit
the
fire
of
wrath
against
him
;
yet
it
shall
prove
as
an
ignis
fatuus
,
to
lead
themselves
to
destruction
.
To
Ioseph's
brethren
(
then
)
in
this
Age
,
I
wish
as
much
religion
as
their
neglected
brother
can
teach
them
:
and
let
the
bond
of
Nature
rectifie
their
minds
,
when
the
presumption
of
anger
would
swell
into
revenge
.
And
to
Ioseph
himselfe
I
wish
as
much
constancie
in
obedience
,
as
honour
in
observance
;
that
his
divine
graces
may
promote
him
to
happinesse
;
and
his
resolute
perseverance
in
his
dutie
to
his
GOD
,
may
teach
him
both
to
know
,
and
shun
every
smal
and
trifling
mistake
in
the
eyes
of
the
world
,
because
Religion
will
write
it
,
Wickednesse
;
which
is
the
subject
of
The
second
generall
,
the
action
refused
,
aggravated
,
First
,
by
the
name
,
Wickednesse
.
The
excellency
of
a
curious
Picture
is
the
misty
shaddowing
of
it
:
Our
Saviour's
Espouse
(
in
the
Canticles
)
is
faire
,
though
black
:
And
the
night
is
best
shaped
to
it's
property
,
when
't
is
muffled
with
it's
wonted
darkenesse
.
But
(
alas
)
miserable
man
in
this
onely
become's
wretched
,
being
shaddowed
with
corruptions
;
black
with
sinne
;
and
darke
with
wickednesse
.
Disobedience
is
the
nature
of
an
unregenerate
person
,
which
foile's
that
grace
that
seek's
to
wound
it
;
and
the
divel
prove's
destructive
to
the
man
,
upon
whose
ground
they
fight
.
Had
God
beene
pleased
as
well
to
forbid
the
nature
of
Adam
,
as
his
person
sinning
,
the
strength
of
his
authority
would
have
challenged
the
weakenesse
of
the
others
resistance
;
and
(
without
contradiction
)
have
overcome
by
power
,
where
it
would
not
by
intreaty
.
But
(
behold
,
)
lest
we
should
grow
too
happy
by
obedience
,
our
fore-father
(
through
unadvisednesse
)
hurried
us
unto
misery
by
an
ignorant
knowledge
.
Yea
,
and
(
lest
mischiefe
should
want
a
mistresse
to
worke
by
)
Eve
was
the
Serpent's
hand
to
offer
up
to
Adam
the
petition
for
disobedience
.
The
Divell
(
as
needing
the
wit
of
a
woman
to
plot
our
ruine
)
became
humble
,
to
worke
upon
her
pride
;
whereby
the
temptation
drew
on
our
destruction
.
Feminae
cum
viris
habitantes
germinant
spinas
;
&
arcana
mentium
acuto
mucrone
percutiunt
;
saith
Saint
Ambrose
:
The
female
sexe
growe's
strong
,
onely
in
allurements
;
and
take's
off
the
edge
of
man's
goodnesse
,
by
a
sharper
edge
of
temptation
.
Yet
(
lest
the
observation
should
prove
too
generall
,
that
the
weaker
sexe
are
continually
guilty
of
the
victory
)
Ioseph
step
's
in
here
to
triumph
over
the
intended
conquerour
.
His
Mistris
,
wanting
the
power
of
command
,
dissolves
her selfe
into
sicke
intreaties
.
But
the
sweetnesse
of
her
lovely
complements
,
discover's
the
uglinesse
of
her
foule
intents
.
The
grace
of
his
Protector
burne's
in
his
heart
,
and
light
's
him
to
the
knowledge
of
her
intended
mischiefe
.
He
that
(
before
)
seemed
to
be
the
object
of
her
love
,
is
(
now
)
possessed
with
the
hatred
of
her
lust
;
and
in
stead
of
consenting
,
construes
it
Wickednesse
.
When
I
reade
the
variety
of
wayes
the
Divell
hath
projected
to
seduce
us
to
this
Wickednesse
,
I
lose
my selfe
in
the
Labyrinth
;
and
(
strucke
dumbe
with
admiration
)
strange
at
the
wretchednesse
of
humane
frailety
.
Let
me
crave
your
audience
and
wonder
at
once
,
when
I
name
the
many
filthy
wayes
of
purging
this
Wickednesse
,
by
uncleane
physicke
.
Eight
severall
Monsters
present
themselves
unto
you
,
under
these
titles
:
VIZ.
-
1.
Fornicatio
.
-
2.
Adulterium
.
-
3.
Stuprum
.
-
4.
Incestus
.
-
5.
Raptus
.
-
6.
Mollities
.
-
7.
Sodomia
.
-
8.
Bestialitas
.
1.
2.
The
second
is
,
—
Sed
nescire
melius
.
I
would
describe
these
deformed
Fiends
in
our
Mother
tongue
:
But
I
hold
it
fitter
to
draw
Timanthes
vaile
over
such
a
bed
of
snakes
,
lest
I
should
teach
by
reproving
.
My
desire
is
,
that
each
of
these
enormities
might
prove
like
the
Herbe
Anonymos
in
Plinie
,
Quae
non
inveniendo
nomen
invenit
;
which
got
a
name
by
retaining
the
nature
thereof
in
obscurity
;
rather
than
the
name
of
the
vice
should
teach
the
crime
.
Happy
was
Ioseph
,
(
then
)
who
(
knowing
the
malice
of
his
corruption
to
project
a
farther
mischiefe
,
if
once
he
had
consented
)
neglect's
the
opportunity
of
yeelding
to
Adultery
,
(
the
second
kind
)
and
terme's
that
Wickednesse
,
which
his
Mistris
would
have
judged
happinesse
.
I
doubt
not
(
beloved
)
but
that
Ioseph's
example
(
in
my
Text
)
shall
worke
powerfully
in
you
against
your
provocations
to
uncleannesse
;
and
,
where
destruction
shall
crave
entertainement
(
being
painted
over
with
a
seeming
pleasure
)
the
GOD
of
Ioseph
shall
tell
you
't
is
wickednesse
.
Who
knowes
not
the
weaknesse
,
and
wilfulnesse
of
them
which
Saint
Paul
termes
silly
,
and
laden
with
divers
iniquities
?
Who
skil's
not
the
cunning
of
those
delicate
imposters
,
in
their
wretched
devices
?
As
their
armes
embrace
the
neckes
of
their
inchanted
captives
:
so
doth
vengeance
their
soules
.
They
are
sad
Ditties
which
their
melodious
voices
warble
out
;
though
the
notes
bee
harmonious
:
and
that
destruction
which
they
beare
about
them
,
is
as
full
of
deceit
as
allurement
.
I
feare
(
beloved
)
I
shall
not
neede
to
goe
farther
than
to
your
owne
guilty
consciences
,
for
examples
of
men
seduced
to
this
impiety
.
Yet
(
rather
than
I
will
condemne
before
I
can
accuse
;
or
accuse
you
without
a
credible
information
)
I
will
search
the
Scriptures
;
where
(
I
am
sure
)
I
shall
finde
Ruben
intangled
with
Bilhah
,
his
Fathers
Concubine
:
Gen.
35.22
.
David
with
Bathsheba
:
2
Sam.
11.
Herod
with
his
brother
Philip's
wife
:
Mat.
14.
And
the
Corinthians
,
as
Saint
Paul
had
beene
informed
,
in
his
first
Epistle
to
them
,
5.
Chap.
1.
verse
.
Nec
Sampsone
fortior
es
,
(
as
saith
Saint
Ambrose
)
nec
Davide
sanctior
;
nec
Salomone
sapientior
:
Sampson
excelled
thee
in
strength
;
David
,
in
holinesse
;
and
Salomon
,
in
wisedome
:
yet
they
suffered
by
these
enticing
vanities
.
Let
it
be
your
pious
industrie
to
be
taught
both
by
examples
and
precepts
,
that
ye
may
be
crowned
with
the
glory
of
coelestiall
blisse
.
Yet
let
not
him
expect
the
Diadem
,
which
justifie's
himselfe
,
being
preserved
from
the
act
of
this
wickednesse
onely
by
compulsion
:
For
,
(
as
Saint
Hierom
gravely
adviseth
us
)
Infida
custos
castitatis
est
necessitas
;
&
ille
verè
pudicus
dicendus
est
,
cui
licuit
peccare
,
sed
noluit
:
Necessity
is
a
faithlesse
preserver
of
Integritie
;
and
he
onely
is
truely
termed
chaste
,
who
may
fall
,
and
will
not
.
Thus
doth
Ioseph
stand
excused
:
for
he
leave
's
(
in
a
manner
)
the
possibility
of
sinning
,
by
a
religious
resistance
.
To
every
Ioseph
here
(
then
)
let
me
preferre
the
example
of
him
in
my
Text
:
If
superiors
entice
you
,
refuse
them
;
if
inferiours
,
disdaine
them
;
if
equals
,
shunne
them
.
Let
not
the
complexion
of
the
vice
steale
credit
to
the
Lie
;
but
correct
the
fury
of
it
by
a
pious
reneaguing
.
And
,
to
Ioseph's
Mistris
,
here
,
I
must
,
in
all
humility
,
tender
this
advice
to
her
petulant
disposition
:
Let
her
neither
insnare
the
righteous
by
her
painted
hypocrisie
;
nor
her
Iezabels
face
intrap
the
ignorant
:
Let
not
her
Syren
songs
steale
to
the
eares
of
any
,
on
whom
she
desires
to
surfeit
with
incontinency
:
But
let
her
praiers
rather
crush
those
desires
,
and
her
devotion
repell
them
.
Religion
is
the
best
remedy
against
such
swelling
tumors
of
impiety
;
and
the
very
remembrance
that
it
is
wickednesse
,
nay
,
great
wickednesse
,
may
controule
the
vice
;
if
every
one
in
particular
determine
with
Ioseph
in
my
Text
,
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednesse
,
&c.
Which
is
The
second
part
of
my
second
Generall
,
The
action
refused
,
aggravated
,
Secondly
,
By
the
extension
,
Great
.
Consuetudo
peccandi
tollit
sensum
peccati
:
We
are
all
beleaguered
by
our
home-bred
enemies
:
but
especially
by
Saint
Paul's
three
squadrons
;
The
lust
of
the
flesh
;
The
lust
of
the
eye
;
and
The
pride
of
life
.
Hee
that
loseth
but
the
least
ground
,
upon
necessity
,
to
either
of
these
,
suffer's
in
the
retreat
;
and
(
unlesse
hee
gathereth
strength
by
the
power
of
grace
)
can
never
recover
what
he
hath
lost
.
Inter
omnia
certamina
Christianorum
,
sola
dura
sunt
praelia
castitatis
;
ubi
quotidiana
est
pugna
,
&
rara
victoria
,
Yee
may
be
pleased
to
observe
both
the
entrie
and
progresse
of
this
sinne
.
'T
was
begun
in
Paradise
inclusively
,
though
not
actually
,
by
the
fall
of
Adam
.
'T
is
haereditary
to
all
of
Vs
the
off-spring
of
him
:
For
,
Libido
quâdam
lege
naturae
in
scelus
erumpit
;
as
Hieron
.
hath
it
.
that
God
of
this
World
,
who
blinde's
the
eyes
of
his
understanding
,
lest
the
light
of
the
glorious
Gospell
of
CHRIST
,
which
is
the
Image
of
GOD
,
should
shine
unto
him
:
2
Cor.
4.4
.
But
,
ô
that
ineffable
,
and
most
dreadfull
sequel
which
ensue's
upon
the
first
consent
!
That
which
Ioseph
here
accompt's
a
great
wickednesse
,
the
forlorne
creature
either
not
knowe's
,
or
not
value's
.
While
he
was
tottering
,
he
halted
(
as
it
were
)
betweene
two
opinions
;
for
the
grace
of
his
Protector
withstood
the
opposer
:
But
so
soone
as
the
weake
understanding
had
surrendred
to
the
will
,
the
sinne
was
entertained
;
yet
that
't
was
a
sinne
,
or
a
great
wickednesse
,
was
kept
concealed
.
Facilis
discensus
averni
,
&c.
'T
is
then
an
easie
matter
to
hasten
to
the
pit
of
destruction
,
when
the
Divell
drive's
a
man
by
his
hourely
provocation
.
But
,
alas
miserable
wretch
!
shall
the
fire
of
thy
lust
burne
within
thee
,
and
not
the
fire
of
hell
burne
for
thee
?
Shalt
thou
cast
thy selfe
into
that
deepe
ditch
,
(
as
Salomon
calleth
an
adultresse
:
Prov.
23.27
.
)
for
thy
pleasure
;
and
not
expect
a
deeper
ditch
of
destruction
for
thy
paine
?
Shall
the
flashes
of
this
great
wickednesse
dazle
thine
eyes
;
and
not
the
flashes
of
hell
terrifie
thy
conscience
?
Earthly
pleasures
(
me
think's
)
in
reason
cannot
,
or
(
at
least
)
should
not
delight
us
;
because
they
are
of
no
continuance
.
Before
they
come
,
we
consume
our selves
with
a
longing
desire
,
and
expectation
of
them
.
When
they
are
present
,
if
they
continue
long
,
they
cloy
us
:
if
they
flye
suddenly
,
they
torment
us
.
And
,
when
they
are
past
,
we
may
hang
downe
our
heads
with
the
consideration
of
Saint
Paul's
Quaere
,
What
profit
had
yee
then
in
those
things
whereof
ye
are
now
ashamed
?
for
the
end
of
them
is
death
.
Diseases
(
yee
know
)
are
the
common
rewards
of
the
flesh
in
this
life
:
and
,
for
the
understanding
,
there
shall
not
want
the
terrors
,
and
gnawings
of
a
guilty
conscience
.
Oh
the
hideous
skreeches
which
the
heart
vent's
in
unmeasured
sobs
!
Oh
the
dismall
affirights
which
the
darknesse
of
the
night
present's
to
the
fancy
of
an
impious
adulterer
!
Oh
that
ill-boading
noise
,
and
fearefull
croaking
which
this
creature
heare's
,
yet
knowe's
not
how
,
or
where
,
or
whence
!
His
conscience
is
sicke
of
the
wormes
:
His
understanding
stifled
in
clowdes
of
mist
:
His
will
rushe's
him
head-long
to
the
whirle-poole
of
destruction
:
and
(
lest
his
body
should
bee
forgotten
behinde
)
that
crawle's
upon
the
very
diseases
which
it
hath
gotten
,
and
so
stalke's
to
confusion
.
Erre
not
,
then
,
my
beloved
brethren
,
(
as
St.
Iames
saith
)
neither
fall
into
the
tallons
of
your
untutored
lusts
.
Subject
not
your selves
to
the
slavery
of
temptation
;
but
determine
,
with
the
Father
,
that
Levissima
cogitatio
peccandi
fit
peccatum
;
The
smallest
and
finest-spun
thought
of
sinning
is
an
offence
.
What
,
then
,
Ioseph
(
in
my
Text
)
hath
termed
great
,
call
not
thou
small
.
What
he
hath
determined
to
be
stiled
wickednesse
,
doe
not
thou
boast
of
with
impudence
;
but
correct
thy
libidinous
motions
with
the
words
of
my
Text.
Levia
sunt
,
sed
multa
sunt
,
saith
S.
Augustine
:
These
sins
(
peradventure
)
may
seeme
small
to
thee
,
yet
they
are
many
;
and
will
oppresse
thee
as
much
by
their
number
,
as
others
by
their
weight
.
That
this
offence
then
(
which
belongeth
chiefly
to
our
purpose
)
is
not
wickednesse
,
who
dares
affirme
?
Or
that
't
is
great
,
who
can
deny
?
Thomas
Aquinas
is
so
sensible
of
the
greatnesse
of
it
,
that
he
proposeth
a
question
,
touching
a
branch
thereof
,
seeming
very
triviall
in
appearance
;
yet
of
greater
consequence
than
a
common
judgement
will
censure
it
:
An
in
amplexibus
,
&
osculis
consistat
peccatum
mortale
?
Great
indeed
,
in
the
first
place
on
his
owne
part
if
you
consider
him
:
First
,
meerely
as
a
man
;
should
hee
have
thus
trespassed
with
any
of
the
least
,
the
worst
,
the
poorest
of
women
.
Secondly
,
as
a
man
in
honour
,
in
the
same
house
.
Justly
might
his
fidelity
have
beene
stained
with
infamy
,
had
his
Captain
's
courtesie
been
rewarded
with
such
an
injury
.
And
thirdly
,
as
a
childe
of
Grace
;
whose
fall
(
had
he
yeelded
)
might
have
proved
more
destructive
to
his
soule
,
than
his
former
honor
could
gaine
him
affection
.
But
indeed
,
(
as
if
his
integrity
grew
too
wise
to
forget
the
danger
of
such
an
errour
)
he
could
not
easily
fall
,
lest
his
example
should
teach
his
inferiours
to
be
guilty
of
the
like
:
or
the
noise
of
the
fact
command
the
people
to
scorne
him
.
For
,
whom
we
suspect
guilty
of
so
great
an
offence
,
we
rather
crush
with
our
blushes
,
than
maintaine
by
our
industrie
.
Great
,
againe
,
on
her
part
too
.
If
his
Master's
wife
should
have
prostituted
her selfe
to
her
servant
,
her
vassall
;
the
censure
of
her
crime
would
freely
have
passed
;
and
each
common
inferiour
would
have
become
her
Judge
.
Secondly
,
If
to
one
whom
shee
loved
,
the
sinne
had
beene
the
greater
.
For
,
who
know's
not
that
God
,
in
his
Justice
,
hath
punished
the
fact
here
on
earth
,
at
least
,
with
a
mutuall
hatred
betweene
the
delinquents
;
so
that
(
like
to
that
of
Tamar
and
Amnon
)
the
future
hatred
wherewith
she
would
have
hated
him
,
might
have
beene
greater
than
the
love
wherewith
she
had
loved
him
.
Thirdly
,
great
in
respect
of
her
greatnesse
also
,
by
the
Poet's
censure
;
Omne
animi
vitium
tanto
conspectius
in
se
Crimen
habet
,
&c.
—
Enormities
are
built
up
higher
,
and
grow
more
eminent
,
when
their
foundation
is
the
errour
of
an
eminent
person
.
And
Isiodore
render's
the
reason
of
it
:
Crescit
enim
delicti
cumulus
;
&
quod
minoribus
ignoscitur
,
majoribus
imputatur
:
For
the
fault
(
say's
hee
)
increaseth
:
and
the
loftie
Cedars
are
viewed
by
all
,
when
they
are
shaken
;
whilest
the
neglected
shrubs
are
not
regarded
.
Great
,
againe
,
not
in
respect
of
Ioseph
the
Favourite
of
his
Master
,
onely
:
or
his
Mistris
the
wife
of
his
Master
:
but
also
,
in
respect
of
the
offence
,
chiefly
considered
in
it selfe
,
that
it
is
a
sinne
:
Which
is
The
first
part
of
my
third
Generall
,
The
reason
of
the
refusall
;
First
,
in
respect
of
the
offence
,
Sinne
:
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednes
,
and
sinne
,
&c.
This
part
of
my
Text
command's
me
to
extract
some-thing
out
of
no-thing
.
For
my
discourse
must
be
of
a
privation
;
and
that
which
onely
hath
gotten
a
name
,
must
teach
us
our
proper
nature
.
I
am
fallen
here
,
upon
sinne
;
yet
without
offence
(
I
hope
)
:
and
shall
intreat
thereof
without
trespassing
on
your
patience
.
My
Text
give
's
me
not
authority
to
be
tedious
in
the
generality
,
lest
I
should
neglect
this
which
it
doeth
chiefly
particularize
.
Curious
Schoole-distinctions
I
could
,
but
will
not
trouble
you
with
;
lest
the
time
denie
me
your
attention
,
and
the
nicenesse
your
acceptance
.
Let
it
suffice
that
I
walke
in
the
vulgar
tract
,
and
divide
sinne
onely
into
originall
and
actuall
.
The
former
include's
both
a
falling
from
God
in
the
loynes
of
Adam
;
and
the
evill
which
followed
it
:
which
is
,
as
well
the
defect
of
originall
good
in
the
soule
,
and
body
;
as
the
succession
of
evill
instead
of
that
originall
good
,
in
both
.
The
second
,
which
is
Actuall
,
is
either
internall
,
or
externall
:
spirituall
,
or
carnall
:
of
omission
,
or
commission
:
infirmity
,
or
presumption
,
&c.
as
your
daily
Sermons
instruct
you
.
To
our
purpose
,
then
,
I
must
confine
my selfe
to
the
intention
of
my
Theame
.
Where
I
finde
,
that
if
Ioseph
had
sinned
according
to
his
temptation
,
it
might
have
beene
a
great
actuall
sinne
,
committed
(
perhaps
)
with
presumption
;
and
severely
to
be
punished
by
the
rod
of
Heaven
.
It
was
(
therefore
)
the
mercy
of
our
jealous
God
,
to
vouchsafe
him
assistance
in
his
greatest
temptations
.
Thus
,
a
man
being
in
honour
,
was
of
understanding
,
that
hee
might
not
bee
compared
to
the
beasts
that
perish
.
Had
he
himselfe
beene
the
tempter
,
and
she
denyed
,
his
sinne
had
beene
entertained
by
the
first
extravagancie
of
his
words
:
Eph.
5.4
.
Had
hee
wooed
,
and
shee
consented
;
the
mischiefe
had
doubled
it selfe
by
the
act
.
Had
he
secretly
desired
her
,
and
not
discovered
the
fire
;
yet
Athanasius
would
censure
him
in
his
Qui
formam
concupiscit
,
quamvis
sine
fascinore
,
peccatum
sine
teste
commisit
.
Hee
that
desire
's
the
beauty
,
yet
not
foulely
enjoying
it
;
hath
committed
a
sinne
,
though
without
a
witnesse
.
Or
(
if
you
please
)
the
Scripture
shall
better
English
it
in
that
Whosoever
looketh
upon
a
woman
to
lust
after
her
,
hath
committed
adultery
with
her
in
his
heart
.
Here
(
peradventure
)
I
have
onely
,
as
yet
,
awakened
the
conscience
of
Ioseph's
Mistris
;
whilest
the
rest
applaud
themselves
in
their
seeming
integrity
.
But
(
alas
beloved
)
I
must
summon
you
all
to
the
Court
of
Conscience
;
and
(
it
may
be
)
find
them
guilty
,
which
are
most
confident
in
their
justification
.
For
I
must
distinguish
of
a
two-fold
adultery
,
both
Carnall
and
Spirituall
.
The
former
ye
have
heard
me
hitherto
treat
of
.
The
latter
is
two-fold
:
First
,
Metaphoricall
;
which
is
any
sinne
,
of
what
nature
and
condition
soever
:
because
our
soules
are
espoused
to
Christ
;
which
the
Scripture
termeth
spirituall
whoredome
.
The
second
consisteth
in
the
abuse
of
any
holy
thing
;
which
is
adultery
,
by
way
of
sacriledge
,
as
Thomas
Aquinas
will
have
it
.
Not
to
enter
into
a
strict
examination
of
your
hearts
,
or
common
application
,
which
your
guiltinesse
(
I
suppose
)
hath
already
prevented
me
of
;
Let
me
keepe
to
the
purpose
of
this
word
as
it
is
in
my
Text.
Yee
have
hitherto
seen
the
diversity
of
sinne
;
and
the
monstrous
birth
of
this
wee
treate
of
.
Let
Isiodor
now
have
leave
to
present
you
with
the
ladder
,
by
which
this
impious
vice
climbs
up
to
heaven
to
call
for
vengeance
.
Cogitatio
prava
(
saith
hee
)
delectationem
parit
;
delectatio
consensionem
;
consensio
actionem
;
actio
consuetudinem
;
consuetudo
necessitatem
;
&
necessitas
mortem
.
Evill
thoughts
beget
delight
;
delight
a
consent
;
consent
the
act
;
the
act
custome
;
custome
necessity
;
and
necessity
death
.
Saint
Iames
make's
but
three
rounds
to
this
Ladder
:
Lust
,
when
it
conceiveth
,
bringeth
forth
sinne
;
and
sinne
,
when
it
is
finished
bringeth
forth
death
.
But
hee
that
hath
a
desire
to
walke
more
leasurely
to
his
destruction
,
and
(
in
spight
of
the
Spirit
of
grace
)
will
follow
his
owne
unbridled
lusts
,
may
travell
in
those
eight
by-paths
of
iniquity
mentioned
formerly
;
and
so
build
up
the
mighty
Babel
of
his
owne
confusion
.
But
siste
paulum
viator
,
as
Minutius
Felix
speaketh
in
another
kind
.
Stay
thou
that
walkest
in
those
uncouth
paths
,
while
I
question
thee
with
S.
Bernard
,
Quare
peccas
,
&c.
Why
doest
thou
sinne
thus
,
O
thou
unjust
creature
?
Why
doest
thou
offend
,
O
thou
miserable
wretch
?
The
all-seeing
providence
espie's
out
all
thy
waies
;
and
the
darkest
Cells
,
and
fowlest
cavernes
of
thy
sooty
heart
lye
open
,
and
manifest
to
his
piercing
eyes
.
Plead
not
the
unchast
allurements
of
lascivious
women
which
tempt
thee
,
for
an
excuse
:
For
our
age
returne's
it selfe
guilty
of
such
hellish
inventions
;
such
Philtra
,
and
Diasatyrions
;
such
powders
,
and
potions
to
cherish
this
abortive
brat
of
uncleannesse
,
that
they
seeme
even
to
iustifie
the
severall
allurements
of
the
weaker
sexe
by
more
horrid
,
and
divellish
inchantments
.
Pascitur
libido
conviviis
,
(
say's
Saint
Ambrose
)
nutritur
deliciis
;
vino
accenditur
,
&
ebrietate
inflammatur
.
This
is
not
to
learn
of
S.
Paul
,
to
beat
downe
our
bodies
,
and
keepe
them
in
subiection
:
Nor
of
Ioseph
in
my
Text
;
to
contend
with
the
temptation
,
because
to
consent
,
is
to
sinne
.
Againe
;
he
that
seeke's
to
excuse
himselfe
by
the
superfluous
humours
of
a
pampered
body
,
should
rather
(
with
Lazarus
)
live
by
the
crummes
,
than
fare
so
deliciously
with
gluttonous
Dives
.
Plutarch
report's
of
Antiochus
King
of
Asia
,
that
when
he
was
invited
to
performe
a
visit
to
the
faire
Panthea
by
the
various
reports
of
her
admired
beauty
,
refused
to
goe
;
replying
,
Si
modo
illam
convenero
quum
per
otium
vacat
,
fortasse
illa
mihi
persuasura
est
,
ut
,
neglectis
regni
negotiis
,
illam
conveniam
quum
etiam
non
vacat
.
If
(
say's
he
)
I
should
repaire
unto
her
now
my
leasure
serve
's
mee
,
perhaps
shee
will
so
take
me
by
her
alluring
forme
,
that
when
I
should
follow
the
affaires
of
my
Kingdome
,
I
should
spend
my
time
with
her
when
I
have
no
leasure
.
I
read
that
Dionisius
dis-inherited
his
sonne
,
which
was
heire
to
his
Kingdome
,
for
defiling
himselfe
with
another
man's
wife
.
The
Egyptians
punished
the
adulterer
with
a
thousand
stripes
,
and
the
adulteresse
with
the
losse
of
her
nose
.
A
punishment
continued
since
to
divers
(
not
by
Egyptian
edict
,
to
the
women
onely
;
but
by
the
Indian
disease
)
even
many
times
,
to
both
the
delinquents
.
If
these
examples
,
which
are
fetch
't
from
prophane
Authors
,
want
the
power
and
efficacy
of
perswading
you
to
shun
this
sinne
in
my
Text
:
let
then
the
Word
of
God
(
which
is
sharper
than
any
two-edged
Sword
)
divide
between
the
ioynts
,
and
the
marrow
of
him
that
run's
on
still
in
this
wickednesse
.
Who
so
committeth
adultery
with
a
woman
,
(
saith
Salomon
)
lacketh
understanding
:
hee
that
doth
it
,
destroyeth
his
owne
soule
,
Proverbs
6.32
.
By
the
Leviticall
Law
,
the
adulterer
and
adulteresse
were
both
put
to
death
.
Zimri
and
Cozbi
were
both
thrust
through
by
Phinehas
,
even
in
the
tent
,
Num.
25.8
.
Yea
,
and
twenty
and
five
thousand
of
the
Benjamites
were
slain
in
battaile
by
the
Israelites
,
Iudg.
20.46
.
What
shall
I
say
then
?
Thinke
yee
(
my
beloved
)
that
either
Zimri
and
Cozbi
;
or
those
twenty
and
five
thousand
of
the
Benjamites
were
greater
adulterers
than
any
of
our
age
?
I
tell
yee
nay
;
but
except
yee
repent
,
yee
shall
all
likewise
perish
.
The
Canon
of
the
Law
runne's
Paritas
dilicti
paritatem
poenae
requirit
.
Those
must
equally
share
in
their
punishments
,
which
have
been
equally
guilty
of
an
offence
.
If
those
,
before
mentioned
,
suffered
for
their
lusts
in
so
high
a
degree
;
't
were
but
justice
in
God
to
punish
us
in
the
like
nature
as
(
or
rather
worse
than
)
them
.
Goe
then
thou
guilty
conscience
;
sinne
no
more
,
lest
a
worse
punishment
than
these
happen
unto
thee
.
As
thou
hast
yeelded
the
members
servants
unto
uncleannesse
,
and
to
iniquity
unto
iniquity
:
even
so
now
yeeld
thy
members
servants
to
righteousnesse
unto
holinesse
,
and
thy
end
shall
bee
everlasting
peace
.
Learne
of
good
Ioseph
here
,
to
shunne
this
spirituall
Adder
which
sting's
thy
soule
,
and
then
hisse's
at
thee
for
thy
folly
.
Let
God
be
the
object
of
all
our
desires
;
the
moderator
of
our
thoughts
;
and
the
controller
of
our
actions
;
so
,
whatsoever
rebellious
thought
steale's
into
our
fancies
,
he
will
correct
it
,
by
discovering
it
unto
us
to
bee
sinne
against
his
sacred
Majesty
.
In
sole
etiam
levissimi
pulvusculi
cernuntur
,
saith
S.
Chrysostome
.
When
the
Sunne
shine's
into
a
Chamber
through
any
crevice
,
the
smallest
atomes
are
discerned
by
it
:
So
when
the
grace
of
the
Sunne
of
glory
shine's
into
our
hearts
wee
shall
easily
discover
the
smallest
allurements
to
this
impurity
;
and
suddainly
then
may
we
seek
for
help
,
when
we
finde
it
to
be
a
sinne
against
God
;
which
is
The
last
part
of
my
last
generall
;
The
reason
of
Ioseph's
refusall
in
respect
,
Secondly
,
of
the
object
,
or
party
offended
,
God
.
How
can
I
doe
,
&
c
?
To
question
a
Deity
is
to
wound
it
:
nay
,
to
suspect
it
,
onely
,
is
to
deny
it
.
The
hearts
of
men
are
the
Booke
of
God
:
wherein
his
Majesty
is
written
(
for
the
most
part
)
in
so
small
a
character
,
that
it
dazel's
the
eyes
of
their
understandings
which
attempt
to
prie
into
it
.
He
that
sit's
in
the
high
,
and
holy
places
hath
commanded
all
to
the
knowledge
,
and
service
of
himselfe
.
Ignorance
,
therefore
,
of
his
sacred
Majesty
(
although
it
may
seeme
to
pleade
an
excuse
in
some
,
yet
it
)
can
be
at
the
most
but
a
tanto
,
not
a
toto
,
as
the
Schoolmen
speake
.
For
hee
hath
not
left
himselfe
without
witnesse
,
in
that
hee
doth
good
,
and
giveth
us
raine
from
heaven
,
and
fruitfull
seasons
;
filling
our
hearts
with
food
and
gladnesse
,
Acts.
14.17
.
Whatsoever
,
therfore
,
is
endued
with
a
reasonable
soule
,
cannot
choose
but
determine
of
a
supernaturall
power
.
Caelum
ipsum
vide
quam
latè
tenditur
,
quam
rapidè
volvitur
,
&c.
as
Minucius
Felix
hath
it
:
and
the
Psalmist
shall
be
the
interpreter
:
The
heavens
declare
the
glory
of
God
;
and
the
Firmament
sheweth
his
handi-worke
.
I
will
not
labour
your
eares
with
the
many
and
vulgar
arguments
to
prove
a
God
,
as
if
I
were
to
catechise
a
congregation
of
Infidels
.
Let
me
only
present
you
with
one
of
the
same
Author
,
which
(
I
hope
)
shall
command
your
attention
,
and
approbation
.
Let
us
consider
our selves
as
we
are
men
;
and
view
the
variety
of
faces
(
which
we
daily
behold
)
with
a
reasonable
eye
;
and
observe
how
we
are
lost
in
the
admiration
of
so
much
dissimilitude
in
our
likenesses
.
The
Heathens
,
in
ancient
times
,
were
confirmed
in
the
Quod
sit
,
in
the
positive
determination
of
a
divine
Commander
:
although
they
erred
in
the
Quid
sit
,
as
well
as
the
Quis
sit
;
what
he
hee
was
,
as
who
hee
was
.
And
I
can
justifie
,
by
mine
owne
experience
,
that
the
Salvages
in
the
Westerne
Indiaes
(
at
this
present
)
have
a
generall
tradition
received
from
their
Ancestors
,
which
teache's
them
as
far
in
Divinity
,
as
some
of
the
former
Heathen
had
learned
;
even
that
there
is
a
great
Controller
above
,
who
doth
never
injure
them
:
yet
they
sacrifice
to
the
Devill
,
because
they
feele
his
frequent
correction
.
I
taxe
not
our
times
for
a
worse
(
than
salvage
)
ignorance
:
although
(
with
sorrow
I
speake
it
)
I
feare
here
are
some
,
even
among
us
,
Qui
non
tam
Dei
nomen
,
quam
ipsum
Deum
ignorant
:
which
are
not
ignorant
of
the
name
,
but
the
attributes
of
God
.
Let
it
not
then
bee
accounted
a
digression
,
if
I
give
the
same
Minucius
leave
to
instruct
such
ignorant
Christians
in
the
properties
of
their
unknowne
GOD.
Vniversa
quaecunque
sunt
(
saith
he
)
verbo
jubet
,
ratione
dispensat
,
virtute
consummat
,
&c.
'T
is
hee
which
commandeth
all
things
which
are
,
by
his
Word
;
order's
them
by
his
reason
;
and
perfect's
them
by
his
vertue
.
Hic
nec
videri
potest
;
visu
clarior
est
:
nec
comprehendi
;
tactu
purior
est
:
nec
aestimari
;
sensibus
major
est
;
Infinitus
,
immensus
;
&
soli
sibi
tantus
,
quantus
est
,
notus
.
He
is
such
a
GOD
as
cannot
be
seene
,
(
to
convict
the
worshippers
of
beasts
,
and
the
like
)
because
he
is
cleerer
than
our
sight
:
Nor
can
hee
be
comprehended
,
(
to
confute
our
Labans
with
their
stolne
gods
)
because
he
is
too
pure
to
be
touched
:
Nor
can
he
be
sufficiently
valued
,
(
to
convince
our
Libertines
,
which
serve
him
after
their
common
,
triviall
,
and
irreligious
manner
)
because
hee
is
greater
than
our
senses
can
determine
him
to
be
.
He
is
infinite
,
immense
:
yea
,
what
he
truely
is
,
is
only
truely
knowne
to
himselfe
.
Sic
eum
dignè
aestimamus
,
dum
inaestimabilem
dicimus
:
So
that
wee
esteeme
him
most
,
when
wee
conclude
him
inestimable
.
But
,
this
way
to
discourse
of
GOD
,
is
not
directly
commanded
by
my
Text.
We
are
here
to
looke
upon
him
with
the
eyes
of
our
minds
more
directly
,
either
as
a
sin-revenging
GOD
;
and
so
learne
to
avoid
uncleannesse
,
because
't
is
a
sinne
against
GOD
,
who
will
wound
the
heads
of
his
enemies
,
and
the
hairie
scalpe
of
such
a
one
as
goeth
on
still
in
his
wickednesse
:
Or
else
,
as
an
indulgent
Father
:
and
so
learn
to
shun
all
appearance
of
this
evill
,
because
it
is
a
sinne
against
GOD
,
who
is
so
loving
to
us
;
and
requires
no
requitall
at
all
,
but
our
reciprocall
love
(
in
our
obedience
)
to
him
.
Should
not
Ioseph
,
then
,
have
beene
justly
questioned
,
if
(
in
this
conflict
)
his
Mistresse's
temptation
had
over
swayed
his
religion
,
to
taxe
him
with
ignorance
,
or
forgetfulnesse
of
the
Lord
his
Maker
?
If
neither
a
filiall
,
nor
a
servile
feare
of
this
GOD
,
could
have
reigned
his
unbridled
appetite
?
To
the
prevention
whereof
(
yee
see
)
't
is
the
onely
spell
which
he
charme's
the
firie
devill
,
in
his
Mistresse
,
with
,
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednesse
,
and
sinne
AGAINST
GOD
?
Let
not
us
then
(
beloved
)
who
know
the
GOD
of
Ioseph
by
his
attributes
;
yea
,
and
are
trained
up
in
the
wayes
of
his
service
,
subject
our selves
to
the
bondage
of
our
corruptions
.
Let
not
the
affectation
of
,
nor
the
smallest
consent
to
,
the
least
sinne
,
rob
us
of
our
service
to
the
greatest
GOD
;
but
let
us
reason
with
our
temptations
in
the
words
of
my
Text.
Paula
the
Matron
is
commended
by
S.
Hierom
,
that
,
Ita
levia
deflevit
peccata
,
ut
grandissimorum
crederes
ream
:
She
did
so
bewaile
her
smallest
sinnes
,
that
she
seemed
(
by
her
zealous
repentance
)
to
be
guilty
of
the
greatest
.
Servants
we
are
to
GOD
:
Let
us
therefore
(
as
Saint
Paul
commandeth
)
be
obedient
to
our
Master
in
all
things
.
Sonnes
we
are
of
GOD
:
let
us
tender
,
therefore
,
our
duties
to
him
,
as
he
himselfe
require's
,
and
enable's
us
to
performe
it
;
lest
he
question
us
in
his
owne
words
;
If
I
be
a
Father
,
where
is
mine
honour
?
If
I
be
a
Master
,
where
is
my
feare
?
saith
the
Lord
.
Rege
,
ergo
,
tuos
adfectus
;
dirige
actus
;
corrige
gressus
:
(
as
saith
Bonaventure
:
)
Subdue
,
then
,
thine
affections
;
direct
thy
actions
;
and
correct
thy
steps
,
that
thou
maist
not
tread
out
of
this
path
which
Ioseph
hath
led
thee
in
;
checking
thine
opposer
upon
all
assaults
,
with
,
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednesse
,
and
sinne
against
GOD
?
Hitherto
have
I
endeavoured
to
handle
each
particular
part
of
my
Text
,
severally
.
Your
attention
hath
now
given
me
assurance
of
your
acceptance
:
and
(
to
gratifie
you
)
I
must
crave
your
patience
a
second
time
.
I
am
ingaged
to
looke
backe
upon
my
Text
,
once
more
,
before
I
can
leave
it
:
and
in
the
first
part
,
[
which
is
,
The
Author
,
Ioseph
]
I
must
beseech
you
to
consider
,
His
place
of
honour
,
from
a
low
estate
:
His
place
of
justice
,
guided
by
discretion
:
And
his
place
of
providence
,
to
store
for
a
future
necessity
.
Here
is
true
honour
,
begot
by
wisedome
;
borne
by
observance
;
and
maintained
by
honesty
.
Againe
;
Here
's
the
some
of
envie
from
his
brethren
,
wiped
cleane
off
by
the
love
of
his
GOD.
Moreover
;
Here
's
poverty
,
and
bondage
,
(
without
repining
)
climb'd
up
into
riches
and
freedome
(
yet
without
pride
,
or
ambition
.
)
Besides
;
Here
's
patience
in
adversitie
;
and
faithfulnesse
in
servilitie
.
Here
is
humility
in
honour
;
and
piety
in
plenty
.
If
his
example
winne
us
not
in
any
of
these
;
wee
'll
proceed
to
the
second
part
,
[
The
action
refused
.
]
Here
(
I
am
certaine
)
none
can
want
admonition
.
None
of
the
eight
sorts
of
uncleannesse
write
our
Ioseph
guilty
.
Hee
denie's
,
though
his
Mistresse
intreat's
.
Here
's
GOD
,
and
the
Devill
contending
for
a
soule
.
The
woman
(
who
first
tempted
man
)
exercise's
her
authority
againe
,
in
Potipher's
wife
:
but
GOD
(
who
is
greater
)
command's
by
his
supremacie
.
Here
's
the
wickednesse
of
a
woman
,
and
the
goodnesse
of
a
man
,
positively
:
And
againe
,
here
's
the
goodnesse
of
a
woman
,
(
as
some
will
have
it
)
and
the
wickednesse
of
a
man
,
inclusively
.
Here
Vertue
and
vice
are
at
contention
.
Here
's
the
sulfureous
fire
of
Hell
burning
in
lust
;
and
the
power
of
Heaven
quenching
the
flame
.
Here
's
a
conflict
betweene
Chastitie
,
and
Adulterie
;
but
Religion
become's
the
Judge
.
Here
's
a
controversie
in
Law
,
but
Piety
is
the
Vmpire
.
And
(
lastly
)
here
's
fire
and
water
meeting
together
in
a
strong
contention
:
but
the
Spirit
of
God
breathes
upon
the
water
.
See
here
how
opposition
adde's
glory
to
the
triumpher
.
Had
not
Ioseph
beene
tempted
,
he
had
not
beene
proved
:
But
(
being
tempted
)
had
he
consented
,
he
had
not
beene
accepted
.
How
knew
he
,
but
that
it
might
be
policie
in
his
Mistris
,
to
allure
him
to
wickednesse
not
intended
to
be
acted
,
that
she
might
depose
him
from
honour
,
whom
perhaps
shee
hated
?
To
prevent
an
injury
(
therefore
)
in
his
repute
,
hee
disdained
the
power
of
his
Mistresse's
temptation
.
'T
was
enough
that
hee
knew
her
a
woman
,
and
therein
her
infirmities
:
although
he
remembred
shee
was
his
Mistris
,
and
therefore
instruct's
her
.
A
vertuous
Woman
is
like
the
Iewell
in
the
field
,
mentioned
in
the
Gospell
:
Or
as
the
Sunne
in
the
Heavens
,
dazeling
the
eyes
of
the
weake
spectators
:
and
giving
lustre
to
the
rest
of
her
sexe
,
the
smallest
Starres
.
Yea
,
a
Woman
in
honour
(
invested
with
the
Ermins
of
Religion
)
is
all
white
,
and
goodnesse
of
her selfe
:
though
not
without
some
blacke
spots
of
malice
and
corruption
.
But
(
on
the
other
side
)
a
Woman
in
honour
,
supported
by
power
,
leaning
upon
command
,
and
yet
bending
double
with
vice
;
is
witty
in
her
revenge
;
dangerous
in
her
malice
;
contemning
the
vertuous
;
and
(
in
a
furious
rapture
)
plotting
for
mischiefe
on
those
who
sell
not
their
very
soules
to
content
her
humour
.
Doe
but
observe
the
wife
of
Potipher
,
and
yee
may
finde
it
her
truest
character
.
But
(
on
the
other
partie
)
Religion
is
predominant
,
though
contemned
:
for
great
wickednesse
,
ready
to
be
performed
by
great
persons
,
(
if
it
had
not
beene
controuled
by
piety
)
would
have
broke
out
into
destruction
.
Had
she
onely
loved
him
,
it
had
been
her
courtesie
.
Had
she
loved
his
Religion
onely
,
it
had
been
her
goodnesse
.
Had
she
loved
onely
his
integrity
,
it
had
beene
her
discretion
.
Had
shee
loved
only
his
humility
,
it
had
bin
her
honor
.
But
in
her
love
(
which
was
but
the
counterfeit
of
her
lust
)
she
discovered
her
wilfull
impurity
.
Origo
quidem
amoris
honesta
est
;
sed
magnitudo
deformis
;
saith
Hierom.
The
sparkes
of
love
are
honest
;
but
the
flames
are
dangerous
.
If
any
here
have
beene
scorched
with
them
,
let
the
teares
of
contrition
quench
the
fire
;
&
the
GOD
of
that
contrition
accept
the
repentance
.
Hitherto
I
have
onely
touched
upon
that
Adultery
which
is
carnall
,
mentioned
formerly
.
I
must
now
looke
backe
upon
that
which
is
spirituall
also
.
S.
Cyprian
speaking
of
some
Virgins
that
were
Votaries
,
saye's
they
were
adulterae
priusquam
nuptae
;
adulteresses
before
they
were
wedded
to
that
austere
life
,
although
they
were
Virgins
:
and
he
explaines
himselfe
presently
after
,
saying
;
Not
to
any
husband
,
but
to
CHRIST
.
O
that
wee
could
once
bee
free
from
this
whoredome
;
and
become
like
the
Kings
Daughter
in
the
Psalmes
,
All
glorious
within
!
O
that
our
soules
were
clad
in
white
robes
of
innocencie
;
and
not
in
the
menstruous
rags
of
our
naturall
corruptions
!
O
that
a
seared
conscience
might
not
perswade
us
to
a
drowsie
securitie
in
a
seeming
honesty
,
when
these
Tabernacles
of
flesh
cannot
be
truly
free'd
from
impiety
.
Whatsoever
sinne
we
commit
,
is
in
it selfe
a
great
wickednesse
;
and
the
Apostle
tell
's
us
,
that
the
wages
thereof
is
death
.
Our
mortality
,
then
,
teacheth
us
the
punishment
of
our
disobedience
,
much
more
therefore
ought
our
lives
to
instruct
us
in
repentance
.
Our
sinnes
are
committed
against
a
mighty
Iehovah
,
the
LORD
strong
and
mighty
;
and
yet
our
GOD.
Which
put
's
me
in
mind
of
my
third
and
last
part
.
Quarels
among
men
may
be
taken
up
by
the
amity
of
friends
:
But
sinnes
against
God
,
only
by
enmity
with
our selves
.
If
then
,
Ioseph
refused
to
admit
of
a
conspiracie
against
reason
,
and
put
it
off
divinely
,
lest
he
should
sinne
against
GOD
:
How
much
more
ought
wee
,
whose
slacknesse
in
righteousnesse
condemne's
us
to
be
lesse
religious
.
The
least
here
hath
not
Ioseph's
command
;
nor
the
greatest
(
I
feare
)
his
goodnesse
:
Let
all
contend
for
his
honesty
.
What
vice
soever
beg's
for
entertainment
,
wil
be
best
answered
in
the
words
of
my
Text
;
if
each
particular
person
reply
,
How
can
I
doe
this
great
wickednesse
,
and
sinne
against
God
?
To
which
God
,
the
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Ghost
,
bee
all
praise
,
honor
,
&c.
FINIS
.