The impurity of mens hearts. the contrary, and yet for all that, this and the other fin cons mitted, -- and then the impurity of our hearts, ()what a n1-. thy fly of uncleanneffe is_ the faulty of thinking in many men . and women ; In the thoughts of mens minds there is the moll abominable uncleannetie, that one would wonder that an Infi- nite holy God should be able to look upon Inch filthy crea tures, and not come out againfl them in his wrath; --- the bell of us all, may f od much uncleanneffe in our thoughts; fume- time when thou haft been in the prefence of God in prayer, . how hall thou defiled thy "felfe I\i h uncleane thoughts , how" hall thou come into Gods prefence with a foule all befmaer'd with filthineffe, and come,outof Gods pretence with a foule . all dèfil'd with the abominable uncleanneffe of thy thoughts, And then the uneleanneffe of thy will and af}edions, and defires ; what defires haft thou had to fin, and fo defild thy foule, b the faculties of men and womens foules are as filthy as any cage of uncleane birds. ; and didfl thou but under- hand what the innite purity of Gods nature meanes, and the infinite purity of Gods Law meanes, and then but underhand, , what thy owne heart is, thou wouldefl abhor thy felfe ;, Many of you thank God you have good hearts, ô but it is,becaule God is not knowne , and the holineffe of his Law is not knowne, and your owne hearts are not knowne ; did you but know thefe three things, you would fee caufe I fay, to abhor your felves; I put this to you, fometimes.when you have been brought upon fick beds, then when you have come ro fee that you have had to deale with God, have you not had mil- giving thoughts then, when you have been ready to goe into the pre- fence of the infinite holy God, then bath not your Confcien- ces reproved you for your uncleanneffe, then bath not your Confciences told you, how canh thou hand in the prefence of this holy Cod. We read in the Prophet Ifaiah,though he were a holy man, a man that had much purity and cleanneffe in him,. yet becaufe there was but force remainders of uncleanneffe, nüark in the 6 of/fa: when he had but á fight of God, the An- gells did but cry holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hohs, &c. then in the ç v, Then Paid I, woe ù me for I am undone, becanfe 1.
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