fe/fe,inriching examination. towards Gods glory, and good caufes, from the ;oyes and contentments offin~e, into. a hatred~ . feare and ·forrow for them. Hts heart IS~ weaned from aJl her temporary pleafing lufis, andfallen in .love with ecernall pleafures, and heavenly things. His confcience. is parged, and ·become watchfuH rodifcovcr 3 andfenfible to feele the approach and prickings of the leafl: finne. His hands are waf.hed · from corruptionandbribery,' from violence, and. the bloud of the poore. His eyes are refirained 'from Iuflfull wandrings, from beholding vanity~ · from greedy gazing upon the wedge of Gold, and his neighbour Ntthotht Vineyard. His eares are - ftopt againfr enticements to finne,flanderous tales, . · and 'filthy talke. His lips are filenced from pro– phaneae1fe, obfcenities, bitter fpeeches, and idle jefts. His feet are fettered by the power ofgrace, from runninganymore after the pompe andplea– Cures of vaine-gloriousworldlings, carnaU entice– ments, earthly-deftres, deceitfull and uncertaine hopes, from wandring,in the crookedwayes, and . accurfed by-path's of vanityandfinne, from trea– ding any longer in the ealleffe and endleffeMaze of worldlineffe, covetoufnelfe, and earthly-min– dednelfe. Such fieps and printsas thefe weemay fiode in our !Oules and bodies, ifthe fpirit of grace bath fanetified thembydiepower of faving faith. Every feveraU part .of holindfe, and fpirituall branch offanB:ification, is a figne and matke of . . the.fincerh:y ofour faith, as the goodne1fe ofthe fruit, and fweetneffe of the ftreame J dHcovers the · , foundneffe ofthe tree, and the purityoftheWell. L l If '
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