• / , dialls, holyexperiences, .heavenly pearles :·but in our vaiue daie·swe filled themfull ofhaO'gage, lewd' and impertinent fruffe, idle jefrs, frothy tales, and, roqlilhconceits, unnumbred notionsofvanity and· folly, &:c. Nay, and fince they were in fome mea– fure fanctified, wee have found in them, whkh isa· grkvou~ thing, more pregnancie ,- ~prnelfe. and . frrength to receive andkeepe matters ofthe world, : and things ofthis life, than affaires of heaven) and : the moll: materiall concernments of our owne . (oules. And itis a very heavy cafe, and lamentable . · corruption, to feele -our memoriesaswater -to en– • terta1ne, and as marble to retaine the fading and , fruitlelfe impretfions of tranfitorie pleafures and , profits., earthlytriflesand toies, but as fiv:es, to tlte wateroflife, and everlafring leffons ofgrace. Our heartswhofe only ob; ea:, arid continuall ex– ercife, iliould have beene things honefr, ;ufr) pure, · lovely, ofgood report,&c. Phil. 4· 8. See PrQV. 1.4. 2 ~.have beene (confcioufneife and confideration , ' whereoffhould nowfrrike them throughwirh moll: ·bitter and bleeding remorfe) impoifoned, refi:leffe J fountaines ofall ill, the fource and nurferies of in– numerable litters and fwarmesofvaine, vile, filthy thoughts 1 affe&ions anddefires: verythrough~fares for Sstans impure fug~efrions to walk up and down– in ; in regardofmalicio~s thoughts, y,ery flaugh– ter-houfes ;·in regard ofuncleane Iull:s, very fiewes and brothdH}oufes • in regardofthe heat of boy- .ling concupifcence, ~ery 'hot-houfes ; -and as the :Prophet fpeakes; like A baker J oven. Nay; and fince .they havebeenehabitations·ofthe~oly_Ghofr~we may ,
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