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The

excellency

of a

pure

heart.

393

and

in

his

holy

place,he

that

hath

clean hands

and

a

pure

heart,

yvhó

hath

not

lift

up

his

foul

unto

vanity,

nor

fworn deceitfully, he

Pall

receive the

6leJng

from

the Lord,and righteoufnef

from the

Clod

of

his

jalvation :

Who

is

the

man chat

tidal!

attend to

the

`hill'of

God,

that

God

will

receive into

his

Church, that

is

tit

to

be made

an int

}ruinent

of,th,

honour of

God

in his Cihu:

ch,

hé that.

bath

clean

hands,

ar,d

a

pure

heart,

that

lath

not

lift

up

foul

unto

vanity

;

that's

a

ipeciall

uncicinn_(fe

in

mens

hearts,

when they

lift

up

their

foul.

co

vani y,

:h,ir

is, they will

mix

their

own by

-ends

with

any

fervices that

ckley

are imploy-

led

in,

but

iitch

á

one

as

lifts

not

up his

foul

to

vanity,

and

looks

f;od

with

a

Ingle

eye, this

is

the

mm

that (hall

a.

cend

up

vinto

Gods

holy

hit, this

is

the generation

of

them that

Peek

the Lord, the bleihng

of God

¡hall be upon

fuch

asthele

are.

Fifthly,

And then another

tbould

have

been this , They

are

under

many

gracious

and

blotted promifes,

Blejfed

are

the

pure

in

heart,

for they are

under

many

bleffed prornifes,

In

the

i

í3

Pfal:

26. v:

with

the pure

thou

wilt

them

thy

felf

pure,

And

fo in

the

7;

Pf

I.

Truly

God is good to

Ifrael,even

to

fuck

as

are

of

a

clean

heart

:

As

if

he (bould

fay,.

Let

the

world

go

which way

it

wil,

yet truly

God

is

good

to

Ifrael, even

to

fuch

as

thefe are

:

A

clean

heart

is

worth

a

world, therefore go on

you

whole hearts

the Lord

bath begun

to

cleanCe,

and labour

to get

them clean

more

and

more,

and keep

them

;

You that

are holy be holy

fail,

account

it

your

riches, account

it

more

then

all

the world that

you

have

a

clean

heart.

There's

fuch

a

man

it

may

be bath

a

,greater

ellate,

and

is

more

brave

in

the world,

but the

more men

and

women have

to

do with

the

vanity

of the world,

the

more

their hearts

are

defiled,

the Lord

bath

cut me (bort

of

thole things,but bleffed

be his náme my

heart

in

fome meafure is clean

more then

others:

There

are

the that

have

greater

parts then

I,but

many

times

there

are very

foul

hearts

that

are joyned with

excellent

parts, But though

I cannot

doe

what

they

can,

yet

my

con-

ference tef}irtes

this

to

me my

heart

is

clean

;

when

ever I go

to

prayer, I

can goo

into the prefence

of

.:od

with

a

clean

heart

:

This

fhould Comfort thee

againfl

the

want

of

any

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e

e

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