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The

flung

difference

of

mens

æpprehenfrans,

lufls

in

fuch

and

fuch

evil wayes, but he conies ro inquire,

and

would

know

what the mind

of (sod

is,l'le

anfwer

him

faith

he

according

to

the Idols that

are

in

his.heart, he

fail

have,no

other

thing from me, but

what (hall be

to harden

him

in

his

fin

:

He that

will

be filthy,

he

(hall be filthy, and

Wrien

he

conies

to

bear

the word,

he (hail hear nothing but

what

his

corrupt heart

(hall

gather to harden

him in his fins.

And

hence, Here's the

th ange

difference

in mens

appre

heniìons,

when before they

liv'a

in

uncleannefie

, and after-

wards

when.iod

comes to purge

them,

a

man

o woman that

liv'd

in

unclean

wtyes,

why

they

have

cone

a hi

ndred

times,

to

hear me

wo-d,

and

have

heard the

attributes of

sod

o, en-

ed

to

them,

and

heard the mitieries

of

Jeffs

Chia

preached,

and

the glorious

things

of

the kingdom

of Go.i,bur

they never

law

any

c

cellency

in

there

thing;

at

all,

never

had

any

appre-

henlion, of

"oi

to

flri

ce

fear in :o

-hem,

is

may

be

thiry,for-

ty,

fifty years

they

have

been hearers,

and

theié

,chinas

went

away

as

a

weer

;ound

:

But

now

let

this man, though

'ti

hatfi

no more to improve

his

underaanding

then

he had before,

Let

cod

but

c

me and

purge

hie

heart by tome

wok

of

his

Spirit, I

lay,

rh.n

this man comes and

hears

the word,

hears

Se -mons

of

the glory-of

God

opened

to

him;

why

he fees God

now

in

another manner

th

:n

ever he.faw him,

he

ddo.h

no

hear

.any

attribure of

oci,

bur

hi,

heart

is

poffeft

wi h

the

.feare of

th

glory

of

God,

and now he

wonders that

all

the world

doth

not

fear`

od

:

I

cot

ij

b_

fore

live

many years

together

in

wayes

of

ennui

y

ag

inll

!hi-:

od and

never

be troubled,

why

now

I

wot

Id

not

fora

hot_fand

wo.

ads

be one hour in that

con

-

dition

i

w'

in bcfo»e,

becaute I tee

it

is fuch

a

dreadfnl

thing

to

be

but

a

momen

in wayes

of

enmity

to

God

:

Why

what's the matter

wi

h

thee

?

Thou

hearth

the

fame truths

that

thou

did'(l

b fore

?

I

tut

nowthine

eyes are opened,

when

Thou

hearefl of

JefusChria,thou

heareft

and reioycefl at

the

iches

of

-.hat

glorious grace

of God

in

Jefus

Chrifl,

and

ir's

ro

new

,

hing

hat

you

hear

now,

I

but

now thine

heart

is

dc

lnièd,

and

thine eyes come

to

be

opened,

and

a

great

deal

of

difference

there

is

in

the

apprehenfaons

of

One

when

God

bath