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400

!Therein

a

pásYe-

f,-re.rt

is

Blef,r'ed,

And therefore

my Brèchren

,

this

point

may

comfort

thofe

whofe Confciences-tetti_ie to

them, that

though

there

be ma-

ny

weakneffes,

yet

fti(1

their

hearts doe not

mix wîch the

curies

eviils

1

.It's

one thing

for

eviti

to

be

there,

and to mix

there

;;

There

may

be

drone, but

not mixed with the

heart, theheart

mingles

not

with

is

:If

thy Confcience

teftihe

this,

thou mayefi

have aboundance

of Comfort from

this

point,

and

though

iome

in

remaines, yet

this purity

of

heart

may times

chy

f

pipits

even

in the

fence

of

many fins

that

are

upon

:.hee.

In the

i

of

Ifa..

/6.

yTa

fli

Yee,

make you cleane,

put away the

:

,11

of

your

do

ings

from

befere

snipe.-eyes,

cea'e

to

doe

evil', &c:

Then

in the

v,

Come now

and let

us

.

rea

fo

o

rage

her,

faith

the

Lcrd,

though

your finnes

be

as

fca lei,

they

1ÿ.a

be

as

wh:re

as

f<ow,

though they

be

red l'ke

(

r.'mfon,

the!

gall

be

at

wood.

When

they

are

),vafht

and

made LI-me

,-

they

are

then

as

white

as

£now,

as

wooll

;

and now

the

Lord

will rea`on

wi

h

the

foule

;

Thou may,ft

goe

reafon wi:h

God,

and

God

will reason

with

thee

when

thou haft

watht

thee,

and

made

thy

idle

cleave:

And

though

there

hth

nor

only

been finnes,

but

like.fcarlet

andcrimson, though the

--e

be

great

fins,

yet when

thy

heart

doth

not

r,.ia

with hefe

fns,

when thou

can't

renew

the aft

-of

Faith

and

Repen

ance, and

Chou

can't

appeale

to God

of

thy

fincerity

and

endeavours

to

walke with

God

in what

purity

thou

art

able

,

It

is

not the greatneffe

of

thy fins,that thy

Con

-

fcience

tells-thee

are

Through

in rmiry,

that

thdu

doefi

not-

give

way

to,that

thou

doeft not

encertaine

in

thy

heart,

as

that

_

that

is

finable

to

the

;

The Lord

will reafon

the Cafe

with

thee,

and thou mayefi reafon

then the Cafe.wirh

him

; Bleffed

are

the

pure in

heart,O

labour

to

keepe your hearts

clean

and

pure,

and

therefore be

dayly watching over your

hearts,

take

heed that

foile and

f

Ich

doe not

get

into

your

hearts,

and

be

dayly clenFrtg

of them

by

the renewed

work

of

Faith

and

Re,

pentane

;

For

though

a

Chriftian

may

keepe

his heart from

being fpotted with the

gro{le fins

of

the

world;

yet

there

will

duff

get into thee

every day,

O

labour

to

keepe

your hearts

bright

;

Some

of

you

love

cleanneffein.everything,

in

all

the

furniture of

your

houfes,your Stooles, Tables, Li cn,

in,eve-

ry