oftrue conuerflorà. .Q73 outofour heatts, feeing the Scripture faith ;No maneauAyriuy heart iscleaner? tnPro.zo.9e' And that as long as wee doe hueherein this world, wee lhall have cauleto ac- knowledgewithSaintPaul ,thatinourti ofbdwelletha,ogoodnefeneIanfleer,that unorn,y.jR, thoughit be true,that as long as wee abide in this world, corruption and linos willhnde apiece withinvs, yet the intcrefl and potfeffionthat we haue into it, is foldcanadifC1acd bydoing two things : The firilo bymourningfor atand dailybewailing it The ocherby labouring togrow continually into a deeper deteftationofit. Touchingthe former,wehaue thechargeofthe Spirit ofGodby Saint lames, Purge your heartsyouJssersF': there is the very thing wee haue now in hand : o Chap i,8;ÿ but how flail theypurge their hearts, ? Itfolloweth,Safferafitlions,andfarrow, andweeperlet your laughterbe turnedinto mourning, arse ioyasta heauine/Je, This is that whichthe Scripturecallethfometimc the renting t fometime thebreaking piòels 53: of the heart q: and to Ihew the earneilneffeofthis forrow, theProphet Zachco gItr.44. rie'comparethittoamans mourningfor hiseneljfanne, or hisfleaborne; and rZach.rz,rq. to that folemneandpublike lamentationwhich was forthe religious King leii- ah; of which it isfail, that all ludab midierufalemmourned,leremiah theProphet mourned, alliingegmen andfingingwomen mourned r. We rende often of pautdt fzChr.i5.zg tearesr,ofthe iorrowesof hisheart, ofthegroanings ofhis fpirit : ofPetersbit- , P1,16,6. terweeping.: of theCorinthiarismourning,. that Paulwas fairm rei writevr, tothem to comfort them. The fatherofthepofïeffedchilde thatwas brought to ni7u- .tvzrr xl Chrill, whenour Saniour toldhim ofthe poweroffaith; (freight-way(faith the n x Corp.e. text) heeeryedwith teares, Laird Ibateau,helpemyvnbelsefeY. Hasheart wasmen Rte. woewithin himtethinke vponhis ownehardneffe ,and theblindnetícthat hee YMsr9s4 hadhued in. And SaintPaul commendeth7imothy for histeares .. The morea aaTime. 4, . manencreafethinthisbewailing, andponybemóningofthehiddencorruption ofhis °wire foule, thebetter hath proceeded in:Mist-erne/Z./fins of finne. The wayto fellfinne outof theheart, is to unite to grow intoa detestation and boa thingof it, Wasnot amid thinkeweewearie ofhis fmnes,when hen laid, they í werehkawaightyburthen; toohearforhmtobeare x, andwere lketo rottenand àPal a fettered wounds ? Did not Paula=abhorre his ovine corruption, whenhee cryed out, owretchedman that lam,whoJhaldelitiermeefram thisladyofdeathbj bRäinrw4., The fame Apotllefpeakingof the repentanceofthe Corinthians,among other "C'''.7.";' fruitsthat itbrought forth, namesIndtgoarien e r what Indignation (faith hee) Bath it wrought? What meaneth hee bythis Indignation: firmly nothingbut a kinde of difcontentedneffe that they weregrowne into, chafing es it were and vexingwith thêfelitesthat they fhould fo foulely offendGod. This is thecru' d Gái,g:iq.' cfying ofouraffeelions d, whichtheScripture fpeaketh of, whenas that naturall hatredwhich is invsagain[God andall goodnes, is turned intoahatredoffin in all, but efpecially inour fettles. Thusthen you fee the firft degreeofmaking this through fate offnne, to let got thathold and intereft thatthe heart hathin- toit t which is done by forrowingforfume, andby labouringmore andmore toabhorre and to deteli finne. Thenext intereil andhofdthatweehàueof(lane, is inouroutwardpra£rice, and thismuff be fold and forfaken alfo. For, as tomake tome outwardPhew of reformation without purging theheart, isbut hypocrifie: fo to pretend (asthe manner is) agoodheart without£ruitesof amendment, is but vanity. This is a thing which theScripture 1hll requirethofall that profelÍereligion ; Let your lightAimbeforemene: Letyour canner/ationbefucbarbeeommeth theGorpellf: Let eMJlïr, .1óe them thatbelieué in god, becaréfullalfotoAna, . forthgoodworkes 8. Theft and the fPtoil.r.57. likearecommonexhortations in the Scripture.Now this outwardreformation 1'4'3's, mull be vniuerfall,ofall koowne(innes : thewordes ofmytext areplaine; I`Th fellethallthat hebath: ifhe willingly keepethe leaf( perce behinde,the blefling felfecannotbe obtained. Ìt is plaine bytheScripture, Char MN turningvnro, Oh' S%d
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