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41

Zft,pnr

e%rc.rt

c.

ludw

7:o

tj

e r.aikcd

of

G7cd,

great

things

in

them,

and

yet when

they

cotre

to

be

examin'd

are but

meer

vanity and

emptineife

:

And

they

allure thrsu

f,

the

_l

fls

of

the

f

efh.

There's

more

uirengrh in

the futablenetie

of

what they

speak

to

mens

Tufts,

then there

is

of the evidence

of truth

in

what they

fay,

they

all

are

through the

lulls of

the.

iielh,

tlartugh

much

wantonetle,

thole

that

ere lean

efcaped;

the

word'is,

really efcaped

:

So

it's

apparently

tp,oken

of

naetí

tha

are drawn

ande

hito

errors,

while

they

proroz;

fc them

liberty'

.

they tell them

much

of liberty, -that they íhall

be

delivered

from

Lech

and

filch

bandages,

and

no more be

kept

in

a

legal

ivay of

bondage,

7heypromife

them

liberty,

but

are

themfelves

the

fervants

o

f

corrupticn;0 hence the

many

errors of

our times

do prèvail,

from

the

uncleanefs

of

the hearts

of

mu,.

and

from

thence conies

Apofiacie from the

truth

:

The belt

way

then

to

keep

our (elves from the errors

of

the times,

it

is

to

keep

our

hearts

chean;;

Purge

your

hearts,

walk

before

God in

up-

rightnefs,

and

the

Spirit

of

God

(hall guid you

then

into all

truth,

and when

you

are

required to

know

Cod

or

his

mind

in

anything

;

ó.

make

it

a

great part

of

your work

to

cleanfe

your

hearts firfl,

for otherty

he

you will miAake,when you are about

asking

ofCounfel what the mind of

God

is,

O

I

would

fain

know

what

themind of

Cod

is, be

fure

you

come with

a

clean

heart

to

know

it,

or

o

:herwife

I

fay,

it's

a

hundred to

one but

you

mifcarry

How many are

there

that feeme to delire to

know

the

mind

of

God,

and

yet

in

the

Firft place,It's not

through

any

willingnefs,

but

they

cannot

telhow to. help

it,they

mull

enqutre:And then,

Secondly,

When

they do

enquire, they are

loath that

Lech

things

fhotu.ld

-be

true,

they

are loath

that

the mind of God

ïhould

go

pitch a

way

that

is againfl

them,

and

O,.they

would

faine have

the mind of

God

corne

to

there,

rather

then

to

have

their

hearts come to the

mind

of

Cod,

here's

uncleaneis

in

the heart

in there two, And

Thirdly,

When

they

are

inqu,icing

concerning the

mind of

Cod

the; e

is

a,principle in

their

ft

irits, that

.611

turn. their

harts

and

Pets_

them firengly another

way,

and,

hence

it

isfo

haxd

to

convince

mein

of the mind

of

GO)

if

itbe

that

that

is

againál