The deceit fielneJ of Mans heart. 369 with Apelles,be approved in C'hrifi,and with Nat hana - el,true Ifraelites,in whom is no guile,even the ifrael of God pure in heart.The which that we may attain unto I will here fet down certaine, both means and motives. â 7c: >14nsc:y .M tr. Rom.i6. Iohn t. Gal. 6. UNIMIZESISESENITEIZ CHAP. XXX. (Motive' unto, and meaner of Sincerity. He motives to incite us unto finceritie and finglene(fe of heart are many, and power - full, throughout the whole book of God, Come whereof I will urge at this time. i Sincerity is the girdle, whereby all other gra- ces are tied dole unto us: So the Apoftle in the de- fcription of the fpirituall armour, cals it the girdle of truth: And therefore here allo is true that we fay, uugirt, unblefi. He is but a look man , that wants this girdle. Let his gifts and graces be never fo ex- cellent, yet they fit but loose about him, when a ftorme comes they will eafily be ( haken off. From him that bath not , fhall bee taken away that bee bath. From him that hath not the gift offincere fanilifr- cation,(hall be taken away thefe common gifts oían overly andfuperficiary illumination; yea, his fhowes alto of true Sanification : not onely that he hash (ball be taken away)but that allo which he feemes to have. The Fie ge-tree that only made a (hew with leap, eshavingnofruit,in the end,being curfed,loft the $ b leaves Ephef.6.4. Matt.13.t z. Luke i8, 8.
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