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7

kings

for

aanrrercifull men

to

confider

of.

curie there

is

no

truth,

nor

mercy,

nor 1,oxoledge

of

God

in the

land

;

God

hath

a

controvertie with that hind,with that

family,

with that

perron that hath

no

mercy,and

caníl thou Rand out a-

gatnif

the

controverfie

of

God.

Thirdly,Know

that

thy

difpofition

isquitecontrary to

Rods,

furely

it's

a

very baie

one

then

there

is

no

c

iipoiition

what-

foever more contrary to the

uifpofirion

of

God,

then

a

cruel!,

harib,

hard

hearted

difpofition

;

For God

is

mercy

it

Idle,

your heavenly

Father

is

mercifull,

he

is

the God ofmercy,

(as

we

fpak

,

before)

fo

that

thy

heart

is of

a

difpofition croilè

CO

God

;

There's

a

mighty difference

and

oppofltion between

the

difiofition of

sods

heart,

and

the dïpofition

of thy

.heart.

Fourthly,

There

is

a

curfe upon

thy heart,

certainly

a

hard

heart

bath

a

curie upon

ir,

there

aredif.afes

in

the bowels that

are very

terrible,

thoè

that have hard

hearts, their

bowels are

life

;fed,

their

bowels are

corrupted,

they

have

not

bowels of

corñpai1

on,

there

is

a

curie

upon

their

frinrits,

there

can

be no

greater

curie upona

man,

heart

then

to be hardened,

to

be

hardened

from

Gods

fear,and

to

be

harden'd

from doing

good

to

others.

Fifthly,

There

is

a

curie

upon

all.

thou

haR

;

an

unmerciful!

man or woman

hash

no

fanCtified ufe

of

any

thing

they

have,

you

keep

your

eflates,

and

you

think

'tis your

own, and

fay,

may

I

nor

doe

with my

own what

I

pleafe,

may

I

not

at and

.

drink

and pleafe my

felfwith

my own,

thy

own,

its defil'd

thee

by

thy

unmercifullneife,

and

curled to

thee

;

you

have

a

1

}range

expreflion in

the

z

i

of Lek,

41.

Tut

rathergive

aims

of

fuch

things

that

you

have, and

6eholdRall

things are

clean

unto

you

:

It's

a

very ilrange exprefiion,

fo

that it

feemes without

this,

nothing

is

clean

to

a

man

;

men that do

no

diaribute

of

what they

have

but keep

it altogether to

themfelves, there's

nothing

that

they

have clean unto

them,that

is,

there's

nothing

.

fandfified, all

is

defiled,

all

is curled

to

them

;

But

now

how

are

things

cl'eane by

this?

you may fee

the

meaning by the

co-

herence, inverfe 39. The

Pharirees flood

much

upon

the

d

eanf

ng

of

the outride

;

and

the Lord

faid

unto

him,

now do

the