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THou shalt not committee adulterie.* 1.1
Thou shalt not lie wt thy neigh∣bours wife,* 1.2 to defile her with sede.
Thou shalt not make thy daugh∣ter common,* 1.3 that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore, least the land also fall to whoredome, and be full of wickednes.
It a man be found lying with a woman y• hath a wedded husband,* 1.4 they shall die both of them: both the man that lay with that wife, and also the wife: and so shalt thou
put away euill from Israell.
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israell,* 1.5 nor whore∣keeper of the sonnes of Israell.
Cursed be he that lieth with his neighbours wife:* 1.6 and all the peo∣ple shall say, Amen.
The lips of an harlot are a drop∣ping hony combe,* 1.7 and her throte is more glistring then oyle. But at the last she is as bitter as worme∣wood, and her tounge as sharpe as a two edged sword. Her feete goe down vnto death, and her steppes pearse through vnto hell.
Be glad with the wife of thy youth. Louing is y• Hinde, & frend∣ly is y• Roe. Let her brestes alway satisfie thee, & holde thee euer con∣tent with her loue. O my sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, & embrace y• bosome of an o∣ther woman? Euery mans wayes are open in the sight of y• Lord, and
he 〈…〉〈…〉 of the vngodly shall 〈◊〉〈◊〉 himself, & with the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his own sinnes, shall he be trapped.
Keepe thee frō the euill woman,* 1.8 and frō the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tounge of the harlot, that thou lust not after her beautie in thy hart, and least thou be taken with her faire lookes. An harlot will make a man to beg hys bread: but an honest woman will seke about to get her liuing. May a mā cary fire in his bosome, & in his clothes, & not be burnt? or can one go vpon hote coales, & his feete not be hurt? Euen so, who soeuer goeth into his neighbours wife, and tou∣••heth her, can not be vngiltie.
Who so cōmitteth adultry with a woman, he is a ••oole, & bringth his life to destruction. He getteth him self also shame and dishonour, such as shall neuer be put out. 〈…〉〈…〉
An whore is a deepe graue,* 1.9 & 〈…〉〈…〉 like a thee••e, and bringeth vnto her such men as be full of vice.
He that keepeth company with harlots,* 1.10 shall come to beggary.
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My sonne,* 1.11 keepe the well frō all whoredome, and (beside thy wife) see y• no fault be knowen by thee.
If my hart hath lusted after my neighbours wife,* 1.12 or if I haue layd waite at his doore? Oh then let my wife be an other mans whore, and let other men lie with her. For thys i•• a wickednes and ••inne, that is worthy to be punished: yea, a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that shoulde vtterly consume and roote out all my substance.
Whoredome,* 1.13 wine, & drunken∣nes, take the hart away.
Ye haue heard,* 1.14 that it was sayd to them of old time: thou shalt not commit adultry. But I say vnto
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you, that who soeuer loketh on an other mans wife, to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his hart.
If any that is called a brother be a fornicatour,* 1.15 with him that is such, see that ye eate not.
Neither fornicators,* 1.16 neither ad∣ultrers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of thē selues with mākind, shall inherite y• kingdome of God.
Let vs not be def••••ed with for∣nication,* 1.17 as some of them were de∣filed with fornication, and fell in one day xxiij. thousand.
As for fornication & all vnclean∣nes,* 1.18 let it not be once named amōg you, as it becōmeth sainctes, or fil∣thines, or folishe talking, or iesting, which are not comly, but rather gi∣uing of thankes. For this ye know, y• no whoremonger, nor vncleane person, hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ and of God.
This is the will of God,* 1.19 euen your holines, yt ye should abstaine from fornication, & that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holines & honour, and not in y• lust of concupiscence, as do the heathen which know not God.
Wedlocke is honourable among all men,* 1.20 and the bed vndefiled. As for whoremongers and adultrers, God shall iudge them.
Whoremongers haue their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.* 1.21
Exod. xx.
Leuit. 18.
Leuit. xix
Deut. xxij
Deut. 23.
Deut. 27.
Pro••. v.
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Pr••. xxi••j.
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Tob. iiij.
Iob. xxxj.
Ose. iiij.
Mat. ••.
j. Cor. v.
j. Cov. vj.
j. Cor. x.
Ephe. v.
j. Thess. iiij
Heb. xiij.
Apoc. xxj.