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7

h

:

excellency

of

a pure

heart,

tarion

doh

but

now

make appear what

was

before

in

the heart,

but

now one

that's pure in

heart,

one

that

hash

thof

corru,-

ti'otis

mortified, that

is

cleanfed

from

pride,

and felf-love, and

the.

like, though

filch

a

one be

wronged,

yet

he can keep him-

feif

in

a

meek

and

quiet temper,

he

can commit

his,caufe

to

God,

and

go

and make his

moan

to God,

Bleffed

are

the

pure

in

heart,

they are

of"found and

hail

Spirits and

are

nor

eafily

di-

flempered

as other men .are, and hence

.

follows,

they

have

found

hearts

;

ï

Tiro:

7.

r:.

Thirdly,

Bleffed

are thepure

in

.heart,

for

they

have,

much

peace of conscience,

they are able

to

look upon

the

face

of

God

with peace and joy,when

God

appears in his

great

works

abroad

in

the world

their

confciences fpeak peace unto

them,

and they

rejoyce that they

havg

to

deale

with

filch a

holy

God

as

the Lord

is, and

all this

comes

from

the

cleannefs

that there

is

in

their

hearts,

in

the

yob

14, 15.

If

iniquity

be

in thine.

hand, put

it far

away

an

let not

wirkednef

dwel

in.

thy Taber

-

nacles

:

What

then? For

then _halt thou

.lift

rip

thy

face with-

out

fpot, 7e

thou

fhalt

h.efieadfafl

and

_hall

not

ft:ar r

Mark,here

it's

fpoken

concerning the having

of

clean

hands,

and

putting

iniquity far

from us,

Purely

when we have

not

only

put

iniqui-

ty from

our

hands;

but

from our

hearts,

when wickednefs

is

not

only far

from our

Tabernacles, but

far from our

hearts,

then

_hall

we

be

able

to

lift

up our faces

without fpot, to be

fleadfaff,& not

fear'whatfoever evil rydings

comes,çye

_ball

be

able

to

look upon the

face

ofGod,

to

lift

up

our countenan-

ces and not

to

fear

;'

When

a

man

hathg

uilinef a

in

his

heart,

and he hath an

impure

con

cience,fucha man

though

he

can.lift

up

his face

whenhe

is

among

his

impure company, yet when

Cod

comes

to

cal

him

before himfelf,&

hath

ro deat.with him

fa

that

he

(hail

l'ee

plainly

'ti

the

juft, right, &

holy

God that

now

I

have

ro

deal

withal,rhat

I

_land

before,

an

impu

re,

con

fcience an

impure heart will

thencaufeterror to

be in men,&

be ready

to

'overwhelm

théwith

horror the prefence,of God

its

very dreadful

to

an

impure

heart

:

Bleffed

arethe

pare in

heart,,,

for

they fhail

feeGod,the prefence of

God

fhall be joyfull

unto

them,nat to others;

.In

the

5

Y

Pfal:

7,

8.

David

there

having

defil'd

his

heart,

began

to

look

upen

the prefence

of

God

as

terrible.: