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'Things

for

nnnscrcifull

noen

to

confider

:f.

6

the Pharr

f

es

rnak` clean the'outfade

ofthe

clap

and

the

platter,but

your

inward

part

is

full

of ravening and

ra

ckednefge

ye cleanfe

cuts

and

platters

and fuch

things, and

ye

¡Land

upon

ceremoni-

all

cleannetfes, and your

own

kind

of

iiipe.rilitious cleanfings

But

rather give

aimes

of

fuch

things

as

ye have, and

behold

all

things are

deane, rather

look

to

Aar

God

requires

in

the

ule

of

your

effates,

do

not

Band

to

cleanfe,

cups and

platters, to-

have

them very neat,as

many

of

you

have your

ct.pbords heads

furnished,

your.plate

alining,

and

furniture

in your

houles,and

you

delight

in

that

as

much

in one way as

the Pharifees

did

in

a

fuperflitious

way, you

delight

in

it

in

a

pompous way,

but

faith

Chrift,

rather give

alrnes

of

fuch

things

asyon

have, that is,

loch

God

give

you

effates beyond

others,

you

h:rve

more then

for

necellity,

and

you

have

for

moderate delight

;

now

with

the remainder relieve

fuch

as

are

in

mifery,

and

fo

make

the

right

ufe of your effates

that

God

bath

given them

to

you

for,

and

then

all

things will be cleane

to

you,

you

(hall

fanttifìe all

you have by this meanes

;

but

if

you

have

a

bafe,penurious and

fel{ifh

difpofition,

to

keep

all

for your

felves,

for

pompe, bra-

very,

and

delight to

your

felves,

there's

nothing

clean to

you,

and

however

you

may make

things

fo

pompous and brave

in

your

houles,

they

are

all

defiled,

all

curled

to

you

;

Therefore

it's

an

evil! -thing

to

have

an

unmerciful)

heart towards o-

thers.

Sixthly,

Further,

Know

that the

mifery

of

others,cryes con-

tinually

againft you

;

Thou

art

in

thy houle and haft all about

thee

well,

and feelef}

no

paine,

no

hunger,

no

trouble thou

meeteft

withall,but

how many

fatherlefs

children,

and

widows,

how

many

of the

Saints

that

are

in

great

extreamities,

have

their

miferies

cry

to

heaven againft

thee,

as

if

they iltould

fay,

Lord,

thou

haft

given

to

fuch

and

fuch

men eftates,and here we

want

bread,

and

it's

in

thy

caute

to

;

we have

poor

children

that

are

ready to

f

'carve,

and

if

we

have one

bit

now, we know

not

where to

have

another

;

and we

are

in

nakedneffe,

thele

things cry

to

Heaven

againft

thofe that have fuperfiuity

here,

that

have

wherewithal)

to relieve others,and

are

altogether fo:

'themfelves,

and

the

maintenance

of their

luf

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