q.00 Wherein 4 pore {,-re.rt is Bleffed. And therefore my Brethren , this point may comfort thofe whofe Confciences tefti_ie to them, that though there be ma- ny weaknefíes, yet ail! their hearts doe notmix with the tunes wills It's one thing for eviti ro be there, and w there; There may be drone; but-not mixed with the heart, the heart mingles not with it.If thy Confcience teftihe this, thou mayeft have aboundance ofComfort from this point, and though ¡oak': fin remaines,yet this purity of heart may quiet thy fpirits even in the fence of many fins that are upon 'flee. In the t of tfa: 16. Wa f h yee, make: you cleans, put away the < ;II of your do- ings from before mine -eyes, cea'e to doe evtll, &c: Then in the s y, Come now and let rrs . re. 104 tge her, faith the Lord, though your finnes be as fea, let, they Jÿa be as white ass [tope, though they be red hbve ( rimfon, they' all be a wood. When they are wafht and nude Team, , they are then as white as Snow, as -wooll ; and now eh_ Lord will reason wish the foule ; Thou maycft go;, reafon with God, and God will reason with thee when thou halt waíht thee, and nude thy telfe' cyme And though there h ;th nor onely been finnes, but like.fcarlet and crimson, though thee be great fins , yet when thy heart cloth not r, ix with hefe fins, when thou canft renew the aft of Faith and Repen ance, and t hou canit appeal;, to 6od of thy fincerity and endeavours to walke with God in what purity thou art able , It is not the greatneffe of thy fins,that thy Con - fcience tells thee are through infirmity, that thou doeft not give way ro,that thou doett not entertatne in thy heart, as that that is'ft:ttable to thee ; The Lord will reafon the Cafe with thee, and thoumayeft reafon then the Cafe.wich him ; Blefled are the pure in heart,O labour to keepe your hearts clean and pure, and therefore be dayly watching over your hearts, rake }teed that foile and filth doe not get into your hearts, and be dayly clen;TTng of them by the,renewed work of Faith and Re- pentance ; For though a Chrillian may keepe his heart from being fpotted with the groflè fins of the world; yet there will MI get into thee every day, O labour to keepe your hearts bright ; Some of you love cleanneffein 'every thing, in all the furniture of your houfeslyour Stooles, Tables, Linnen, in eve- ry
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