384 ThWisBOM of GOD Partll. 



Thefe are the Windows that let in exterior Ob-* 

 jeds to the Soul ; by thefe the Heart is afFefted ; 

 this way Sin entered firft into the World j our firft 

 Parent faw that the ^ree and its Fruit was plea- 

 fant to the Eyes^ and fo was invited to take and 

 eat it. There are four Sins efpecially for which 

 the Eye is noted, as either difcovering themfelves 

 in the Eyes, or whofe Temptations enter in by, 

 and fo give Denomination to the Eye. 



1. There is d, proud Eye, Pro v. xxx. 13. 'Tbere 

 is a Generation, O how lofty are their Eyes I And 

 their Eye4ids are lifted up. Chap. vi. 17. A proud 

 hook is reckoned the firft of thofe fix things that 

 God h^ieSyPfaL xviii. 27. God (the Pfalmiji faith) 

 will bring down proud or high Looks. Pfal. ci. 5. 

 Him that hath a high hook and a proud Heart 

 (faith David) I will not fuffer. And in Pfalm 

 cxxxi. I. he faith of himfelf, that his Heart is not 

 haughty, nor his Eyes lofty. By which Places it 

 appeareth that Pride (heweth forth itfelf in the 

 Eyes efpecially, and that they are as it were the 

 Seat or Throne of it. 



2. There is a wanton Eye, which the Pro- 

 phet Ifaiah fpeaks of in his third Chapter, at the 

 i6th Verfe, Becaufe the Daughters of ^erujdlem 

 ivalk with Jlretched-out Necks and wanton Eyes. 

 The Apoftle St. Peter, in his Second Epiftlc, 

 Chap. ii. 24. mentions Eyes full of Adultery ; 

 for by thefe Cafements enter in fuch Objeds as 



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