414 i he fght of God depends on cieavef s of heart; Cb:erve, That 'the ,f'ghtof God depends no upont4elight of mens natural underfianding, but upon their clec- ne of 6w;. Poor Chriftians think,O how (há111 be áble to know God,to knowthemilteri .s of God that are reveald in his word,I cannot tell how to reach unto them, be of good comfort if thy heart be clean, keep but a clean heart from vild ludis, entertain no fulls within thy heart, and this is a promife made to thee, that thou Jhalt fee God : The fight of God depends not upon mans natural underftanding but depends upon the cleaneflè of the heart, when the great Rabbles of the world than be blinded, when they {hall never fee God favingly,God (hall reveal him- Pelf to thy foul havingaclean and pure heart, for the fight of God depends upon the revelation by Jefus Chrift the great Prophet of his Church,and he can initruct one of weak parts as easily as one of the ftrongetl parts of all, and God delights` to snake himfelf known to fuch,when one bath a clean &pure pureheart, and defires to know truth, what God is, and what his truth is, when he is ready tö imbrace ir, and yeeld up'hün felfe to every truth, and will entertain whatfoever God re- veals of hiinfelf or his ayes ; O the Lord takes delight and pleafure toniake hinilelte known to filch a one : But the main po ;nt that we come now upon: Piled are the, pure in heart, for they (lull : Is this, »ecfrinc. The fght of Godis mans-blejednc jfe : That's our-Point. By the fight ofGod, in the opening we (hewed you, it {vas íieant the mideriianding bosh Got and his counsels, and wajies, and will, and thofe things concern our in ioyment of him, ch a fight of God (?fay) is s mans bleffednefle : I have plut;?i or: 5. read of a Pfiilo Daher, Eudex us, that was io defirous to have a 9a -f l i .ghtof the Sun, that he prorefh 'f he -night ybut come merit a¡ y l ttie time, and be bat tia bled to fóokupon it, to fee the nature of tt, and the moron of it; he "Would: be wiling to be burnt by it prefe..t y.
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