And if] Chap. 18. 8. Mark 9:47. thy right eye] He mentions the eye, because it is the instrument of sight, conveying unclean thoughts to the soul, v. 28. and the hand, because it is an instrument of some unclean gestures: he speaks of the right hand, and right eye, because they are dearest to us, and most ready to use. The sense is, That if we cannot look upon a woman, or touch her, without lust, we should not look on her or touch her at all; but be, in that particular, as if we had neither eyes nor hands. Or, because there is a body of sin within us, and the members of it are to be mortified, Colossians 3:5. we must reject all sinfull motions and occasions of evil, especially such as shew us the way to, or help us in executing sins, though as dear to us, as thoseparts of the body. offend thee] Or, do cause thee to offend. for it is profitable] As it is better for a man that hath a gangrene in one member to cut off that member, then to let it infect the rest, and endanger his life: so it is better for you to leave your dearest sins, or the occasions of them, then that the whole man, going to hell, perish for them.