I 3 The deeeitftlnefjeofMa>vsheart. Levie.1o.3. Ìdiflike of them force other wayes, either cafhiering 1 them wich great difgrace, or elfe making both them and their Miniftery vile and contemptible : for the Lords will be fenA'ifed in them that come were him, if not in the fncerit) oftheir fataifrcation,yer certain- ly in thefeveritl of their condemnation. 8 And as the hypocrite is ;thus unfit for God, fo alto for all good men to have any thing to doe with; fuch blemifhes are they,and indeed the very botches ofany Chriftian fociety.Lydia defired Paul and Vas upon no other códition to enter into her houfe,than this, if they had judgedher faithfull: And Davidha- ving prayed for the Tweet company and communion of the godly; Let limb as fare t: ee turn unto me, and fuck as know thy tejtimonies,iwmediatedy addeth an- other Prayer : Let my heart be upright in t hyßatutes, that I may never he earned la-I: mating thereby,that he should bee unfit for the company of Gods chil- dren,unleffe his heart were upright.As therefore in the former fpeech he prayed for the company of the godly, fo in the later, for that which might make him meet for their company, fo that hemight hold out in that bleffed fellowfhip without being afha- med,when in the end for want of f ncerity he fhould be fliaken off by his companions: And againe, the fame Prophet, defcribing what kinde of Court hee would have when he came to the Kingdome,haifh- eth from it the deceitful) perfon , and makes choice onely of the faithfull : Mine eyes jhallbeto the faith- fall of the I ord, *Lat theymay dwell with me. He that walketh iv a perfea may, he fhall ferve me. There 'hall no dreeitfull perfon dwell within my Houfe. 9 . Againe;. Ads ts.i f. Pfal.119.99.80. Praia oT.6,7.
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