. Lest Madam Bubble Bewitch Them
With Her Vile Suggestions, by Charles Spurgeon. She grabbed
him by his garment and said, Sleep with me, but leaving his
garment in her hand, he escaped and ran from the house, Genesis
39, 12. in contending with certain sins,
there remains no mode of victory but by flight. He who would be
safe from acts of evil must hasten away from occasions of it. A
covenant must be made with our eyes, not even to look upon the
cause of temptation, for such sins only need a spark to begin
with, and a blaze follows in an instant. who would wantonly
enter the leper's hut and sleep amid its horrible corruption. He alone who desires to be leprous
himself would thus court contagion. If the mariner knew how to avoid
a storm, he would do anything rather than run the risk of weathering
it. Cautious pilots have no desire
to try how near the quicksand they can sail, or how often they
may touch a rock without springing a leak. Their aim is to keep
as nearly as possible in the midst of a safe channel. This
day I may be exposed to great peril. Let me have wisdom to
keep out of it and avoid it. The wings of a dove may be of
more use to me than the jaws of a lion. I may be an apparent
loser by declining evil company, but I had better leave my cloak
than lose my character. It is not needful that I should
be rich, but it is imperative upon me to be pure. No ties of
friendship, no chains of beauty, no fleshings of talent, no shafts
of ridicule, must turn me from the wise resolve to flee from
sin. I am to resist the devil, and
he will flee from me. But the lusts of the flesh, I
must flee, or they will surely overcome me. O God of holiness,
preserve your Josephs, lest Madame Bubble bewitch them with her
vile suggestions. May the horrible Trinity of the
world, the flesh, and the devil never overcome us.
Lest Madam Bubble bewitch them with her vile suggestions