299 ·- 3· The Scripture cals thin ftateof death, ~ect~ll{e of the 3• 7Pirif_!Jall uncleanmf[e and dt.filemmt thttt u upon m, being im- BecauCe of the , pure, and making every thing impure: We fee in the Levi~Jpiritual un· ticall rites, that ifa man touched a dead man~ or a bone ofa ''dde: 1 nne1fe and d d h , I h 1 r. d , · en emem ea man, or t e ,grave onJy, e was unc ean .even ates, that is upon us Numb. 19.1 6. Now this typical! u~deanneffe, do.th denote fpiricult uncleanneffe; and that is parr., though noc all the reafonwhyfinnes arecalled deadworks, Heh.9.I4. be£aufe he there fpeaks of being purified from them, by an allulion to the Jcwifh fprinkling of thofc that were unclean, ver.13. fo r)en the Scripture cals thy unre~enerate eftace, death, to fhew thy unclea;mdfe, diy defile'ment, chat thou fhouldfi: . be-as loathfome and abominable to thy fclf, as adead carkafs - is to thee, that thy very duties and religious performances f}lould be utterly 'difla~full to thee: and certainly i( the 'Church looketh upon her righteon.fnelfe, though fanaified, as menfiruous rags, with what loathing ihouldfi thou be– hold all thy holy duties done in a fiate of enmity againfi God? Oh the vaft difference between thy thoughts and Gods,. conccr.raing thy holy duties 1That which th9u ulleft 'ho1ine1fe he defpifeth as adead carkalfe, fo that thou fhouldfi: even remove thefe O\lt of his fight~ as thou would{} thy fin5, even to ~ar God fhould _behold thy praying, and hearing, b.ec~ufe of that fpiritua.11 uncleannelfc upon thee, as well as curfing and fwe.uing, thou comefi t~ the feaft, not havinga wedding garment. . . "l• This expreffion of_ death, d0th alfo denote 'Whnt terror +, 11.nda~a:t:.ement the ftottt of fnne foould jlrik_s imo every one. If It denotes _corporall death becalled the KingofterrorJ, how much ra- ~haft herrr"{i · ther ~p_iricuall ? Art th~u a_f~aid eo dye, why not the~ to be ~~ul~tft~iken kept m the bonds of th)s fpmcuall death? If the Phyfittan tell imo every one. the difeafed p1tienr, be is adead rn:m, all the world cannot · · help him; what fear and trembling doth this beget? Now· · . though the meffenger ofGod, tell the uoconvert~d manly- · ing under the power nf. finne, that he is a dead man, even a . damned man, in refpett of Gods curfe~ till repea..!ed upon repentlnce, he is not moved at all: Oa t~en be awakened up.on this truth, Am l not dead in my finne?. Can·I be in ~ Q_q ~ - 7 - more ...
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