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hearts

rotow

nat the mind of

God.

tagainfa

the

Bias

of

their

hearts

and

then

Fourthly,

They

are unwilling upon

that

to

examine

throughly

any

thing

that

is

presented to them Whetí

a

thing

is

preíented

to them

that

they are afraid will make againii

them, they

will

turn

away

their

thoughts from ir,and are

loath

to

examine

it,

and

are very def:rcus

to

have

any

thing they

can

to obje&

againfi

it,

and

all this

through

the

uncicanefs

of

their

hearts,

now

it's

;ufi

with

God

that thefe should not be

Welk-di

that they should

never fee

God,

that they fhould never fee

his

wayes

:

O

take

heed

of

this

;

come with plaine

naked

hearts,

whatfoever

my

thoughts

have

been, whatfoever my

juftifcation

is, whatfoever

would

be

futable

to

my

ends,

let

God reveal

his

truth,

and

here

I

am

ready

to yeeld

to it with

a

pure and plain

heart, but

when

God

fees

men

have cunning

hurts'

and devices

,

and

propounding

their

ends

,

and

they will have this and

the other

thing wrapt

iìrir,I fay'ris

jufi

withGòd

that they

should

never

fee

God

in

any

way

of

his,

but that they fhould be

blinded

;

The

way

to

kno,v*the

mind

ofGod

it

is

tocleanfe

your

hearts

:

Many

there are,that

will fay,

wel,

I

defire

to

know

what

is

Gods mind,

did

I but

but

know

what

were the mind

of

God

in

fuch

a

butinefs,

God

knows

I

would

do

ic, and

the Lord

knows

I

would

not

do

any

thing

that were apparent

againil

Gods mind

:

Well

now, do

you

find

that

in your

hearts

that

you can

freely

yeeld

up

your

own

ends

and counfells and

wayes,whatioever

your

hearts have

been fet

upon

before

?

and

fhall

any evidence

of

truth be

enr

terrain'd

though

it

be never

fo

much croffe

to

your

own

mind;

and

thoughts?

then

it's

like you

í1a1

know

Gods mind, but

if

you fay

that

you

would

fain know

the

mind

of

God,

and

yet

have

a

corrupt heart

which

is

fo

much oppofite

to God, the

mind'of

God,

never

eaglet

to

know

it

;

But that's the

clean

heart that yeelds to

it,

though

never

fo

contrary

to

what

it

had

in

it's heart before;

I,

Bleffed

are

thefe,

for

they

[hall

fee

God.:

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