Sae T. VIII. The GodlydreWa/bedandSanCfifted. How then canft thou perfwade thy felf, that thou haft received this priviledge; when thy heart wasnever melted for thy fins : Godly forrow is whollya ((range thing to thee, thou dolt notknowwhat it means. Alas! tholefuddain cxctatnaci_ ons, The Lord forgiveme, God pardonme , I fhould not have laid fo, or donefo r This is not the godlyfortow commanded in the Scripture ; Why then dolt thou lie with thy filth and unclean abominations upon thee ? why draft thou not mourn and lament over thy condition ? What haft thou tears for the loffe of wife, children,goodsande[tate, butnone for the loffe of God? fears id thy eyes are betterJewels than thofe on thy ears. Thirdly, To be wafted, there italferequired'a 'prima: painand troirble of the III, font. For this washingof a finner, is like the washingof putriñed old fores which cannot but adminifter great grief and aches, as when the Jailor washed Peters (ores : Therefore Davidexpreffeth his Repentanceby broken bones, Plante S r: which declareth theholy painand trouble of foul he hadwithinhim, becaufe ofhis iniquities. Hence it is allo called pricking and wounding at heart. Go to therefore you fanners, who live heart-whole, andheart-found, as you call ic, you never have any pangs, any travail of foul foryour iniquities, you never are in labour or pain; know, that you are not warned from your impieties s why dolt thou not take,up the Prophet Micab'sexpreffion, Mich, s .8. 1 ítillwailaxe/boa/la Willgoflript and naked, Iwillmake a mourning like the Dragons, andwailing like the Owls, becaufe of the anguifh of mind, and trouble of foul upon the for my iniquities. Never think it willbe well, till thole finnes whichhave been fo tweet and pleafant to thee; be likeGall and Wormwood,biting like a Serpent, and (tinging like an Adder. It cannot be,but that chefe lulls for a feafon fodrlighcinl, willafterwards become like fo many devils tormenting thyconfcience. Be not afraid tobe lick and troubled for fin now,it may be medicinal and helpfulnow,but it wil be ',moat and eternally tor; curing hereafter. Fourthly, To be eleanfed, there is required a confirm and daily applyingof chop lilt ÿomediss, which are appointed by God tomake us clean; and that is faith to Chritts blond, and faith receiving the Word of God. Theblood of Chriftand theWord of Gad are both cleanfers. Thus Alin 15. Faith is laid to purifie the heart; and Davidprayed), Tfalme 5 r.- ThatGod *weld waft him with flygap; andmake hint clean, fo he lhonld be whiter than Snow r an allufive expofitiòn id the 7em0 Cu- loon ofbefprinkling the Polls of the door with the blond of the Sacrifice, which (ignified the blondof Chriftfprinkled uponthe foul, and faiththat is like the bunchof Hyffop,which though low and contemptible,yct was inftrumeneal to that glorious efteft. Thus alfo thegarments of the Saints arePaid tobe made white in the blood of the Lamb; though it be red, yet it makes themwhite c Therefore faith in Christ is mighty in operation to get out all the (Pots and defilements that are upon our lives. The other cleanfing Intlrument is thewardof God, cleanting hisChurch through his Word ; and Pfalme t 119. Whererdi bJball ayoung man make clean bid *ayes two; by attending to thyWord, A young man molt prone to foul end,noifdme tufts! evenhe may quickly by the Word be walked and cleanfed. Come then often in this Bath, wash thy fad= in the waters of the Scripture, and then thou wile becomewhite and lovely; Laftly, ThuWa/hingseacantihualwork. Thoùgh the Apolilefaith, The) areWa /bed, in the by-putt time; yet becaufe min in his Journey to heaven , gets much foil and filth; therefore he mnft be wathing himfelf every day, labs s ;. Peter didnot uadertland that our Saviour taught chis, by hisaftlon ofwith ng the s feet; but when he'did, he cryech out, Net myfeet only, but alfo my bands and head. Now that the molt godly chemfelvesdoe need a continual walking, appearech by that : He that is washed, needeth notyfave towafh lass feet. Tue meaningof this difficult place feemeth co be, That though they were cleanfed by Regeneration, yet to their travel towards heaaven, they got filth upon their feet,-which theyought C c, a every 379
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