The excellency o f a pure heart. 391 and lsa his holy place,he that bath clean hands,and a pure heart, ßhó hath not lift up his foul into vanity, nor fworn deceitfully, he ' fhall receive the blefng from the Lord,and right eosafnef from the god of his jalvation : Who is the man that ihail arcend to the "hill'ofGod, that God will receive into his Church, that is tit Ito be made an inn }rumens of,th,e honour of God in his Church, he" that: bath clean hands, and a pure 1 cart, that lath not lift up hisfoul unto vanity ; that's a tpeciall uncleannetfe in mens *hearts, when they lift up their foul; co vani y, hit is, they will mix their own by -ends with any fervices that 4.-:y are imploy- ed in, but ítach á one as lifts nor up his foul to vanity, and looks God with a Ingle eye, this is the min that dull a tend tip 'into Gods holy hit, this is the generation of them that leek the Lord, the bleding of God shall be upon filch as there are. " Fifthly, And then another should have been this , They are under many gracious and bletfed promifes, Bleffed are the pure in heart, for they are under taiany blelfed promifes, .In the 18 Pfal: z6. V: with the pure thou wilt _thew thy felf pure, And fo in the 7 2 Pf t. Truly God is good to Ifrael,even to ¡itch as are of a clean heart : As if he should fay,- Let the world go which way it wil, yet truly God is good to Ifrael, even to fuch as thefe are : A. clean heart is worth a world, therefore go on you whole heartsthe Lord hath begun to cleanfe, and labour to get them clean more and more, and keep them cleane You that are holy be holy íl 1, account it your riches, account it more then all the world that you have a clean heart. There's such a man it may be hath a ,greater efaate, and is more brave in the world, but the more men and women have to do with the vanity of the world, the more their hearts are defiled, the Lord hath cut me short of thole things,butbleií d be his name my heart in force meafure is clean more then others: There are thé that have greater parts then ',but many times there are very foul hearts that are joyned with excellent parts, But though I cannot doe what they can, yet my con - fcience ratifies this to me my heart is cleane ; when ever I go to prayer, I can goe into the prefence of .od with a clean heart : This fhould Comfort thee againll the want of any E e e Comforts
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