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Vfefull

Notes.

407

ding,

it

will not fuffer

the

underfiandiiib

of

a

man

to

fix

it

felf upon

God,or

the things

of.God,thofe

are

objeers unfütable

to

an

unclean

heart,

or

if

at

any

time, God

himfelfe

(hail

pre-

terit

himielfe before

a

man woman

that

Lath an

unclean

heart,

the heart will not

Puffer

the eye

of

the

um-lethal-Kling

to

think

on

Gòd, but

turns

away

from

God

to-fomeching

elfe

that

is

ill-

table

to

that uncleanefle.that

is in

the heart, therefore

no

=-

rail

that they

underhand

not the

-things

of

God whentheir

un

clean

fpirics

will

not

iìiffer

the underiianding to be

aóting

up

-.

on

that

that should inlighten

and

convince

thee

:

but

on

the

o-

ther hand,

if there

be

but

airy

temptation prefented that

is

fit

-

table

to the unclean

ifeof their

hearts, then they

prefeneey fa

lien upon

that,

and

then

the

corrupt

will and affeecións çaufe

the

underfianding

towork

upon

that altogether,

and

to

thin:

uponnothing

but

what will ferve for

the

countenance

andm

ain-

tainance of

that that

is

filthy and

evil'.

Thirdly, The

Lord

takes no

delight

at,all

to reveal

himfeif

to

one

that

hath

an

unclean.heart,

a

mean

or

woman.

that

hath

a

a

filthy

defiled

confcience or

heart,

and

fo

lyes wallowing

in

filthinefs,

I

fay

the Lord

takes no

delight

orpleafure

in

re-

vealing

himfelf to

fuch

a

one,

'for

the Lord

fees

that

fuch

a

one

will

rele

t

the

truth,

faith

God

what

íhould

I

difcover

my

felf

tofuch

an

unclean

heart that

will abufe

every

truth

that

is

presented

to

it,

and

therefore

in jufi

Judgement,

the Lord

will give

them up to

thofe

things

that

fhall rather

be

a

means-

to harden their

hearts

in

the

wayes

of their

uncleanefíle:There

is

a

molt dreadful

Scripture

for

that,

for

the Lords not taking

delight

to reveal himfelfe

to

men of unclean

fpirits,

in the

7

4.

of

Ezek;

4.7):

Therefore

(faith the

Lord)

Speak

unto there

and

fay,

Thus

faith

the Lord

God, every

man of the

hone

of

If-

rael,

that

fetteth

úp

his

Idols

in his heart,

and

putteth

the

ftoan-

bling

block

of

his iniquity

beforo

his

face,

and cometh

to

the

Pro-

phet,

I

the

Lord

will

an

f

wer

him

that- cometh

according

to

the

n

uititude

of

his Idols

:

This

is

a

moll dreadful' Scripture

:

If

my

one

ihal come

to

you

that

are my

Prophets,

and

fetteth

up

his

idols

in his

heart, there

are

Tome

fecret

evils

that

he

Both

maintain in

his

heart

;

let

be

faid what

will,

he

will

have his

lulls