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414

7

he

fight

of

God

áeper,dsy on

clearef

s

of

heart;

Cb

erve,

That

the

fghtof

God

depends

not

upentl'e.aght

of

mens

natural

uriderfiaoding,

but

upon

their

clew,

neffeofheart.

Poor

Chriflians think,O hots lhall

1

be

able

to

know

God,to

knowcretrifteries

of

God that

are

reveald

in his

word,I

cannot

tell

how

to

reach unto

them,

be

of

good comfort

if

rhy

heart

be clean, keep'but

a

clean

heart

from

vild

lu1ts,

entertain

lulls

within

thy heart,

and this

is

a

promife

made to thee, that

thou

fhalt

fee

God

:

The

fight

of God depends not

upon

mans

natural underfianding

but depends

upon

the

cleaneflè

of

the

heart,

when the

great

Rabbles

of the world

thali be

blinded,

when they ¡half

never

fee

God

favingly,God ¡hall

reveal him.

feif

to

thy foul

having,a

clean

and

pure

heart,

for

the

fight

of

'God

depends upon

the

revelation

by

Jefus

Chrili

the great

Prophet of

his C.hurch,and

he

can

infi:ruot

one

of

weak parts as

easily

as

one

of the firongeti parts

of all, and

God

delights

to

make himfelf

known

to

fuch,when one bath

a

clean & pure

cure heart,

and

delires to

know

truth,

what

God is,

and

what

pis

truth

is, when

he

is

ready

to

imbrace'ir, and yeeld up'hilrt.

-felfe

to

every

truth,

and will

entertain

whatfoever

God

re-

veals of hiinfelfor

his wayes

;

O

the Lord

takes

delight

and

pleafure

to

make himlelte

known

to

lush

a

one

:

But

the, main

point that

we come now upon

:

Blc

jfcd

are the,

pure

in

heart,

for

they

flail

:

Is

this,

»eîarine.

The fight

of

Godis

manslleffednef

fe

:

That's

our-Point.

By the fight

ofGod,

in

the

opening we

:hewed

you,

it

was

íueant the tinderilanding both

Got

and his counsels,

and

wayes,-and

will,

and

thofe things concern our

ill

oyment of

the

fight

of

God

(7

fay)

is

:

mans' bleflèdnefíe

:

I

have

Pint;Mot:

y.

read of

a

Philo

o

,her,

Eudov'ud..

that

was fo defirous

to

have

a

ful

_ghto''the

Sun,

that

l'e pr

1747

'f

he

-m

%ht

-but

come

neer

it

any

t

the

time, and

de bt

-tt

e

a6led

to

look

cpon

it,

to fee

the nature

of

.t,

and

the

moc:on

eh--;

he

would he

wiling

to

se

burnt

by

it

prefe,.t

y.