,_____ a_n_d~p_er~p_et_ua_l_l~q_u_id_e. _____\ 169 'rale:llplace, I Pet. z. r,z. wherefore put tingaway tz.U malice,allgutlittnd hypocrijie,and ewvic,and evilt Jpea– kings,a; new-borne ba6cJ dejirc theftncere Milke of the word. And there is the fame reafon for any other finne to be putaway, t:<hat there is for thefe menti-– c;>ned •.As.it. is with the body,when the fiomackis foule,anddogged with bad humours, wee fhould firfr purge it, b~fore wee feede it; for othetwi fe, whatfoever we ea·te..doth but n0urHh·and encreafe the corrupt humours.of the body :.So it is with the fouie,when it' is il:uffed or clogged with linne; whatfoever i.s heard in the Mini fiery ofthe,Word, £hall be perverted'and abufedby.it>and wr.eil:ed.to the deftru6l.ion ofit. Itisno wonder therefore)that thofe that livein diffolutc or fcandalous courfes,thofe that are drunk . on the evening before the Lords day,or fpend it in . gaming,or company keeping,or have bin acting of feme foule linne,an~ then repaireunto the Word; : it is no wonder,·I fay, that fuch goe away n'ever a ·· whitt·be better, but ratherworfe than they came. Did you ever know any Salve fo foveraigne, that would cure awound that had ·a,fplintor an arrQw– head remaining in it? Smely,every knowne finne unrepentedof)hinderg the faving O£"eration of the Word in any mans heart; yea, it will make the \Nord the favour·of death umo a man.. See to this purpofe, Ier.7· 9,1o. . · SecondJy, tbe heart mull alfo be purged from allworldLy cares and thoughts,which may divide ordtaw-awaythcheart: Math.13. 22. Thecares aftheWorIddoechoake the Seed ofth~. VVord: Luke ~;
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