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Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan
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works, with fine Linnen of AEgypt: I have perfumed my bed with
Myrrhe, Aloes, and Cinnamon; come let us take our fill of love
untill the Morning, let us solace our selves with loves. {53b}
Here was a bold Beast: And indeed, the very eyes, hands, words and
ways of such, are all snares and bands to youthful, lustful
fellows: And with these was young Badman greatly snared.

Atten. This sin of Uncleanness {54a} is mightily cried out against
both by Moses, the Prophets, Christ, and his Apostles; and yet, as
we see, for all that, how men run head-long to it!

Wise. You have said the truth, and I will adde, that God, to hold
men back from so filthy a sin, has set such a stamp of his
Indignation upon it, and commanded such evil effects to follow it,
that were not they that use it bereft of all Fear of God, and love
to their own health, they could not but stop and be afraid to
commit it. For, besides the eternal Damnation that doth attend
such in the next world, (for these have no Inheritance in the
Kingdom of Christ and of God, Ephes. 5.) the evil effects thereof
in this world are dreadfull.

Atten. Pray skew me some of them, that as occasion offereth it
self, I may shew them to others for their good.

Wise. So I will. 1. {54b} It bringeth a man (as was said of the
sin before) to want and poverty; for by means of a Whorish woman, a
man is brought to a piece of bread. The reason is, for that an
Whore will not yield without hire; and men when the Devil and Lust
is in them, and God and his Fear far away from them, will not
stick, so they may accomplish their desire, to lay their Signet,
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