?kings for senmerci full men to confider of, eaafe there is no truth, nor mercy, nor !knowledge of God in the land ; God hath a controvertie with that land,with that family, with that perfon that bath no mercy,and canit thou Rand out a- gatnt+ the concroverfe of God. Third ly,Know that thy difpofition is suite contrary to Cods, furely it's a very bale one then ; there is no c it olinon what - foever more contrary ro the aifpofition of God, then a cruel(, harlot, hard hearted difpofition ; For God is mercy it ielfe, your heavenly Father is merciful', he is the God of mercy, ( as we fpakc before) fo that thy heart is of a difpofition croak to God ; There's a mighty difference and oppofition between the difpofition of cods heart, and the di:pofition of thy heart. Fourthly, There is a curfe upon thy heart, certainly a hard heart bath a curie upon it, there are difeafes in the bowel; that are very terrible, thole that have hard hearts, their bowels are difeafed, their bowels are corrupted, they have not bowels of conipaf ion, there is a curie upon their fiarits, there can be no greater curfe upon a mane heart then to be hardened, Labe hardened from Gods fear,and CO -be harden'd from doing good to others, Fifthly, There is a curie upon all thou hall ; an unmerciful) man or woman bath no fanotified ufe of any thing they have, you keep your eflates, and you think 'tis'your own, and fay, may I not doe with my own what I pleafe, may I not eat and . drink and pleafe my felfwith my own, thy own, its defil'dto thee by thy unmercifullneihe, and curled to thee ; you have a Ilrange exprefiìon in the at of Lek, 41. Tat rather give alms of fach things that yon have, and 6ehold+all th ngs are clean unto pm: It's a very firange exprefIìon, fo that it feemes without this, nothing is clean to -a man ; men that do no difIribute of what they have but keep it altogether to themfelves, there's nothing that they have clean unto them,that is, there's nothing . fan6lified, all is defiled, all is curled to them ; But now, how are things cleane by this ? . you may fee the meaning by the co- herence, inverfe 39. The Pha.rCees flood much upon the cleanfìng of the outfide : vied the Lord fad unto him, now do the
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