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VE
epbeflans,Chap.
6.
779
plicity and
godly pureneffe,
and not
in
flefhly
wifdome
,
but by the
grace
of
God
;
we have had our converfarion
in
the world,
and moft
of
all
to you
wards
:
and it
mutt not
be
a
naturali
truth which
may
caufe
men
to
hate
haltingwith their owneknowledge, buthath
a
fruir
of the
fpirit
:
fuch
as
muff make
us
not onely looks to the outward
duty, but
to
the inward performance
of
it;
fuch
as
mutt
make
us
Ieeke
to
glorifie
God.
Therefore,
fuch
as
walke
onely,
giving their outward
man
in
an
Y[e
a.
outward conformity to
God, theybe
counterfeits, and flippes
in
Re-
ligion
:
fucb as,
whole
righteoufneffe
commeth
like
a
tertian
Ague,
and
is
as a
morningdeaw
3
thefe
are
without
this girdle
:
and
a
man
maybe
bold
zo
fay
here,
as
to children
;
Not girt,
not blelfed
:
but many
that
have
girdles, yet
keep
them
fluttifhly
:
who
are
here
likewife
robe
reproved
;
and
few
of
us
can wafh
our hands, we being
all
hollow preces
,
if
due examination be taken.
Confider but thefe
'bare
things,
and
you
(hall
bee
better
able
to
ferret
eta
the
guile
of
your
/irits.
Firft, how
careleffe
weare
of
the fpirituall aólion,
in
thole things
t.
we performe;
as in
prayer.
To
the
fpirituall
doing
of
this duty,
is re-
quired,
r.
Preparation,
or
keeping the heart
fit
for
it. 2.
A
devout
inward
defire, groaning
to
God.
3.
An awayting,aftcr we
have
done,
CO
fee
how God
anfvereth
us.
But who
doth
not lightly
paffe
over
thefe
duties
,
which
is
no better
then
a
wiping the out
-fide
of
the
difh,
not looking
to
that within.
z.
Marke, that
in
refinance
of
fin
, wee more are
forry,
and deale
z.
againft this
or
that branch
of
corruption,
which
(hoorah
out
to
our
difgrace,
then
againft the
rooteit
felfe.
Now
Rom..
in
Paul
we
fee,
the law
ofevill, which
did
dwell within him
,
was his principall.mat-
ter ofconfliét.
3. Marke
the
courfe
of
our affeétions, and we
fhall
fee
how
un-
3.
found
we
are
towards God.
Ira
thingtouch ourfelvcs,our blood
will
quickly be
in our nailer
:
if
a
man doe
know this
or
that
by
us
amine,
it
is
grievous,
the
Ilia
me
of
it
much
upbraids
us
:
but things that
offend
God,
and
which we know
he
feeth
amiffe
in us,
we can
let thefe
paffe
nothing affected;
a
frgne,
our love to
him
is
not fo found
;
our feare
of
him,
and
defire of
praife
with him, not
fo unfained.
Laftly
, let
us
obferve how frequently our
actions are
corrupted.
4,
As,fometime
we undertake
to
deale
for fome
that
fpeaketh to
us,
but
do
it
without
any
hearty well-
wifhing
to
him
;
fometime
not
flicking
to
fay
to
ourfriend,
I
mutt fpeake to you for fathion , but doe
as
you
pleafe
:
we vifit lick ones,
but
not
(Erring ùp our bowels
of
mercy,wc
fpeake
a
great many
phrafes
of
courfe, our confcience telling
us
it
is
other
wire. So is
our behaviour
:.
we make
a
femblance
of
reverence,
but how
farit
is
from
the heart,
this may teftifie
3
that
we can
(abfcnt
from
the
parties)
ufe
their namesproverbially,
we
Than
not
have fuch
a
one breake into
finifter
fufpicions,
as
if
the
lift and fiat
Commande-
ments were blanks with
us.
So
in
fruits
of
love
:
we can doe this par
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f
f
z
ry