t68 3 BefGre wee Reare the Word prca~ ched, 1 The fecond 1 1 duti~ bcG~cs heanng, !S pttrging of our he;Jrts. Cf /9e Saints Jure -· unprepared!yprophane fo .high and hoi y a my- .. fierie ? . A third ordinarie examination, is before wee .. prefie into the Houfe of God, and prefent our felves before his Minifl:ers and Meffengers, to be · in!huQ-ed in his will from Heaven, out of his . holyWord;, left this bleffed Ordinance Chouid . be accurfed unto us. Yon may fee in the Pro– phet Ezech. 14. 7,8. how the Lo~d threatens that perfon that comes to,his Minifiers to enquireof them,or to beinformcd~by them,andyet feparatcs himfelfe from.the Lord)and- fcts·up any.- Idol! in · his h~art,and flumbling-blocke of his iniquirie, before l1is face; that the Lord will fee his face a.;. gaioft him, andmake him a figne and aProverbe, and cut him offfrom diG midtl: of his people. Whencewee maywell inferre,that it will bevery dangerous for any to come to the hearingof the VVord, without examination of his heart, whether tl1cre- be any fuch fl:ufl!bling;-blocke of ini.. qui tic i nit, or no. . · . i. · Becaufe th~t examination of the heart; to 6ndc Out· ourcorruptions, tends efpecially to the clcanGngof it'; therefore thefeconddutie before the hearing of the vVord, is .the- purgation or clean ling of the hean, firft;frmn finne; whieh the · . Scriprure beats muchupon,lam.I.l r. EtzyapartaN filthimffe axd {uperfluitie of naughtineffe; and< receive with meeken~!Je the i11,gra[ted r?ord; &c. It is not 1 ., :.· meereJy Jayapart, but put away quiteandclea-ne ·: all filthine!fe: and this,is a·Et preparative for the hearing of the Word,as appeares a1!o.by that pa-~,' raleU :; --------~----------------------------------~- •
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