rill1111M111W The deceit fsrinefe of Mans heart. 3 8 3 hence the building comes to bee unfound , becaufe unfounded. That the heart then may Band upright ,son ej tor it before God, it muft firit as it were make it felfcroo- 'tegrum NU; fit ked in ftoopingand bowirg it felfe under his neigh- tie hand in the exercifes of humiliation. That the heart may bee whole , it muft firft be rent and bro- ker. Corrupt and impure gold cannot be defecated and rid ofthe droffe,ri11 it be moulten and diflolved. Unfound bodies,full ofvicious humors,cannot come to any good eftate,till they be well emptied by pur- gation : Crooked things cannot bee made ftraight without the wringing of the hand. Humiliation is that which melts us, purges us, wrings us, and Co makes -us ofdrofiìe pure,offoggie founc',of crooked ftraight Chriftians. Doeft thou then defrre to be a fincere Chriftian indeed, a- true Difciple of Jefus Chrift, to be freed ofailt.rlfound mixtures? Thou muff firft be broken and battered in pieces, by the humbling hand of God thou mull- remember thy Mafters rule,ìfavy man be my Difciple,LLt him denie hiinfelf . Laftly,finceriey being oppof d omixture,asthe notation of the word tea cheth that which eieanfe h our hearts from the defilement of fuch mixtures mutt needs make us fincere. Now it is Faith which purgeth and purifiech the heart. Faith then appre- hendingthe fincerity of Gods love in Chrifts death to uç,and beholding there how Chrift gave his heart to be pierced for us, cannot but make us return the like fincerity of heart and aif tion to God. Thy lo- ving kinnl 'tef e,faith David it ever before me, namely, 'by the apprehenf:on of my Faith; therefore have I rte k,d Sircerum, jne cera. Donar. Aft5 Pat 26.3
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