37 Z ChLift whynowmoreangriewith Vpon the VVednefday after thePhatikeathan at other time*. ti fowlnee to_that ®ffin. (faith origen) for thatall this Armie of ourenemies(lands armed againft vs euen within our owne doores. For line, is fo firrre fuorth firme, as it isvoluntarie. For if our Will would but hand fenrinel! without, it were impofiblefor fine to enter. So that thegreateftmanicthat wee haue , is our owne proper Will. And thereforeour Saviour fayth, That From the Heart,comemurders,dre. Thefe are thofe fpots wherewith mans foule is fullied; Thefe theRaines, wherewithhe is defiled. For thofe things which man eateth,Noncoingainant ho- minem, do not defileman. By the Prophet Efay,Godprophecied of the wret- ched ruine and miferabledefolationof Babilon,andpaints it forthfo tothe full, that there (hall remalneno more reliques thereofthan ofHierufalern:It (hat be made (faith he)a dwelling forHedge-hoggs,and a ftandingPooleoffilthie fhn- kingwaters , andas a Citie that is vtterly ouerthrowneand deftroyed : all (hall be asheapes ofearth andhollow bankes,wherein(hall be breadall kind ofcree- pingwormes,andvertu ine,andvenimous creatures ;all (hall bee pits , wherein !hall be puddles of water for tomakeanhabitation for Toads,Snakes, Adders, andSerpents. This (hall bee the wretched condition andmiferable eftateof this great Babylon. He farther addeth, That he wlll fweepe it withabroeme;aplace fo foule and fo fluttilh, as well in refpeekofthofe beapes ofearth and rubbifh,as alto thole filthiepolesand (linking puddles of water,How is it pofliblethat he (houldcome tofweepe it and make it cleaner I will fweepe it clean from it's fines. For all otherkindoffilthineffewhatfceuer, inrefpthofthefoulcncfl'e of fine arenothing filthie. TheHedge-hog, the Adder, and the Serpent in t . the holes of the earth, nor thepoyfonfull Toads in thepuddles of water , are not able to debarrevsofentrance into Heauen : but he that is fullied in fin, and is notwafht cicanewith thebloudofour Sauiour Chrift , let himneuer Tooke ro come there. The Hedge-hogwith all his prickles (hallnot hurt thee,northe Adder with his teeth,nor the Serpentwith his fling, norall thevenimous Ver- minein the World : The 'landing pooles and (linking puddles (hall not foile thee; but the heaping vpofmoney, and thy keepingof it dole in thy Cheft, when tlje ooze are readieto ftarue for.hunger, & haue not a perry tobuy them a loafe ofbread ; that is it (hall foyle thee, and makethy foule all mud and filth. That fouleneffe which (huts vs out fromHeauen, is thatof fine , andnothing elfe butthat. Andtherefore itis (aid in the t.1pocalyps, 2hilcoinquinatumin- trauitin regnantCmlorum,Nothing that iafilthie(ball enter intothe Kingdome ufHcanen. And therefore SaintChryfoflomeaduifethvs,Thátwe lhould haue aneye vnto thatwhichdefilerh vs, & feeke toauoyd it. Which that we may fodo,God giue vs thegrace forhis mer- cies fake, &c. ** THE
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