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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17590	A sermon preached before the right honorable Earle of Darbie, and diuers others assembled in his honors chappell at Newparke in Lankashire, the second of Ianuarie. Anno humanæ salut, 1577	Caldwell, John, parson of Winwick.	1577 (1577)	STC 4367; ESTC S107405	29,430	86

abhominable and stincking whoredome Nowe if Noah and Lot beinge such excellent men did fall into such wickednesse being dronke what shall they doe which haue no feare of god before their eies and which are daily giuen to this vice Doubtles they will not sticke to commit all kynde of villany Kinge Herode as it should séeme being cupshoten and dronke with wine commaunded the holy man Iohn Baptist to be slayne Who was more myghty and valyant then Alexander yet he being dronke commaunded his faithfull friend Citus to be put to death which he repented sore when he was sober Therfore all that will liue vprightly must flée this vice of dronkennes But what though we eate and drinke soberly yet for all this we cannot be counted good christians and to liue vprightly if we commit fornication or whordom And therfore Paule willeth vs to flée also chambring wā●onnes by which he meaneth not the bed of matrimony which S. Paule saith is honorable amongest all men the bed vndefiled For mariage is gods ordinaūce it was instituted in Paradice in the time of mans innocensie when as yet there was no sinne And god himself saith that it is not good for man to liue alone without a helpe And Paule sayth he that doth marrie doth not sinne in so dooinge and hee commaundeth al men which haue not the gyfte of contynencie to marrie and to kéepe themselues vndefyled members of Christes body Abraham Iob Dauid were married and yet their wiues were no impedimentes vnto them to talke with GOD. Therefore no doubt the Apostle doth here cōmaunde vs to kepe the seuenth precept and that we suffer not ourselues to be defiled with anye vncleannes and lustful intemperance of the flesh but that we chastly and cōtinently order all the partes of our life that we runne not forth into any vnbridled lust and companye with anye woman out of marriage And séeinge Paule doth here name chamberinge and wantonnes vnder these termes no doubt he comprehendeth all thynges whereby man or woman is moued and inticed to fornication and whoredome as filthye and vncleane talke whorishe and garishe attire amorous songes and sonites loue letters wanton daunsinge and kissing all such like wherby the flesh of man is prouoked to lust and concupiscence If the● we will walke honestly we must not let our mindes burne inwardly with lust nor looke wantonly vpon women to lust after them nor suffer our bodies to be trymmed vp in pride and brauery our tongues must not talke filthilye neither we harken vnto such speache as is not séemely It is a daungerous thinge to stand gasinge after women or to be alone with them in corners to beholde their bewtie when as they haue on theire garishe attier and beginne to looke with wanton eies Rubin the sonne of Iacob séeinge hys fathers wyfe Billa bathinge hir selfe in a wel had his minde so set vpon hir that he could not sléepe take rest till he had cōmitted abhomination for he séeinge hir lyinge a sléepe in hir chamber vncouered went in vnto hir and committed wickednes But Ioseph his brother walked not in the ignoraunce of youthfulnes and fornicatiō neither could he be brought by his maistris the Egiptian woman to defile his maisters bed although she vsed as I sayde afore many meanes to allure him therevnto And therefore GOD so blessed him that he found fauour both in the sight of God and men But alas fewe Iosephes there bée at this daye but wée finde many lyke vnto Rubin which burning with the flame of lust and concupicence doe nothinge else but lye in wayte and watch how they may defile other mens beds And bicause this vice is not restraned by sharpnes of lawes manye thinke that there is no office at al in whorehuntinge supposinge it to bée a sporte to robbe virgins and wiues of their honessye which ought to be estéemed of more pryce and valewe then anye golde But if we will iudge vprightly of whoredome wée must not iudge of it as many doe which with brasen faces and impudent mouthes wyl say tush what is whoredome it is but a trick of youth a pastime a dalliaunce a veniall sinne and a light faulte Alas alas these wordes will goe for no payment and these excuses will not excuse them when as the lawe of god their owne giltie consciēces shal accuse them in the day of iudgement At which time the Lorde will rewarde them accordinge to theire déedes Then shall they knowe that it is some thing to break the lawe and commaūdement of GOD who saith thou shalt not commite whoredome then shall they know how vile a thing it is to defile their bodies which ought to be houses and temples for the holy ghost to dwell in S. Paule saith that all other sinnes are without the bodie but he that committeth whordome sinneth against his owne bodye and yet men will haue it to be no sinne If one man robbe another of his goods he is straight way punished and méete it is he should so bée But whoredome is more then a simple robberie for by it men are spoyled not onely of their substance but also of their honour honestie sometimes of their liues If a tenaunt kéepe not the couenauntes that are agréed vpon betwixt himselfe and his Landlord he shall be sure to smart for it But marriage is a holy leage couenaunt and the man doth promyse to the woman and lykewyse the woman to the man that they wil be true and faythfull eche to other and this promise is made before God and his Churche and yet the breakinge of it is thought to be nothing But if men would consider howe they doe by whoredome transgresse the lawe of god vnhalow the temple of god his holy spirit breake their promise made in the presens of god and his angles make shipwrack of their honesty set fire to their own bodyes and bryng distruction to their soules they would shunne whoredome more then they doe If these reasons will not perswade you that whoredome is a horrible sinne in the sigh of God then ●all to mynde what hath bene the ende of all them in all ages which haue spent their liues in this filthy vice The people that liued in the firste age which spente theyr tyme in whoredom wer sodaynly caught with the vengeaunce of God and drowened For the whole vniuersall worlde was ouerflowede with water for whoredome The Sodomites beinge giuen to this vice were consumed with ▪ heauenlye fire We reade that foure and twenty thousand perished for whordome the Iudges were hanged vp agaynst the sunne What happened for rauishing of Dina the daughter of Iacob and howe that facte was reuenged the 34. chapter of Gen. dothe playnelye declare Sainct Paule saith that whoremongers and adulterers the Lorde will iudge In the reuelation of Iohn we reade that they that kéepe the commaundementes of God shall goe to heauen and ther raign eternally with