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winter flyeth away, leauing nothing but durt behind her.
Salomon ſaith, he that will ſuffer himſelfe to be led away, or take delight in ſuch womens company, is like a foole which reioyceth when he is led to the ſtockes. Pro. 7.
Hoſea, by marriage with a lewd woman, of light behauiour, was brought into Idolatry. Hoſ. 1. S. Paul accounteth fornicators ſo odious, that we ought not to eat meate with them; he alſo ſheweth, that fornicators ſhall not inherit the kingdome of Heauen, 1. Corinth. the 9. and 11. verſe.
And in the ſame Chapter Saint Paul excommunicateth fornicators, but vpon amendment he receiueth them againe. Whoredome is puniſhed with death, Deutero. 22. 21. and Geneſ. 38. 24. Phineæs, a Prieſt, thruſt two Adulterers, both the man and the woman, through the belly with a ſpeare, Numbers 25.
God deteſteth the money or goods gotten by whoredome, Deuteronomy 23.17.18. Whores called by diuers names, and the properties of whores, Prou. 7.6. and 2. A Whore enuieth an honeſt woman. Eſdras 19. and 42. Whoremongers God will iudge, Heb. 13. and 42. They ſhall haue their portion with the wicked, in the lake that burneth with fire and brimſtone, Reuel.21.8.
Onely for the ſinne of whoredome God was ſorry at the heart, and repented that euer he made man, Geneſis 6.6.7.
Saint Paul ſaith, to auoyd fornication, euery man may take a wife, 1 Corinthians the 7.2.
Therefore hee which hath a wife of his owne, and yet goeth to another woman, is like a rich Theefe, which will ſteale when he hath no neede.
