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vfefull

Notes.

4o5

they-ihallfee him

here

in

this

world,

and

the more

and

more

clean

their

hearts

are, the more

fight

they

shall

have

of f,,od,

and

they shall fee him

hereafter

in

glory; for

the more

deer

a

glaise

is, the more

bright

will-

the

beams

of the

Sun

be upon

is

when

itfhines

Take

your-

ordinary glaties,

as

your thick

green- glaise,

when the

Sun-

lhines

upon

that,

it

doth not

malee

ítich

a

reflexion

as

upon

a

deer

Chriftal glafle,

or

if

there

lee

dirt

upon

the

glaife,

the

Sun

will not

appear

fo

bright

and

glo-

rious,

but

take

a

bright

and

cleec glais, and

the

Sun

will

be very

glorious

indeed

::

So

the hearts

of men that

are

fouls,

there's

no luftre of

the

glory

of

God

upon

them, but the hearts

of

men

that are clean,

God

chines in

his

glory upon

them,

and

there

is

a

reflection of Gods glory

again

upon

their hearts

:

They

fall

fee

God,

faith

Auftin,

Omofl

fueet

fght

of

minds

that

sere

cleanfed

;

He

calls

God the

molt

Tweet

light

of ckanfed

minds

:

Now

before

we come

to

the

main

promife,

of

the

fight

ofGod,

there's

one

or two

Notes that

are

very ufe-

fut.

Obf:

The

firft

Note

is

this, That according

to

the clean

-

neffe

or

uncleanneife of

Wens

fpirits,

fo is

their

fight

in

refe-

._

rence unto

God

and

the

things

of

God

:

It

arifes

from

the

Connexion,

Bleff

ed

are

the

pure

in

heart,

for

they

feuil

fee

god

r

fay,

according

to

the

cleanneffe or uncleanneife

of

Wiens

fpi-

rits,

fo is

their underítandings

in

reference

to

God

and

the

things of

God, that

is,

if

men

have clean.

fpirits, then they

will come

tóhave

higher underftanding infpirittial things,

if

their

hearts be unclean,

then their

fpirirs

will

not be able

to

have

that

right underítandMg

in

fpiritual things.

In

the

9

Pro:

to.

And

the

knowledge

of

the

holy,

is

underfianding

:

Men

that

have

holy

hearts, if they

come

to

know,

they

have

underítan-

ding,

and

it's

an

excellent underftanding that'd

manor

wóman

bath

of Heaven and

the

things

of

God,

that hath

a

holy

heart,

theknowledge of the

holy

is

underf+andinti,nomans

knowledg

is

worthy

the

name

of

underflanding,but

the

knowledge

of the

holy, if his

heart be

dean

then

his

fight will

be

cleaner.

And

in

the

9

Dan:

i

3.

There's

a

notable

Scripture,

thatihews

how

out

underflanding.

of

the things

of

God,

depend. upon

the

clean-