CHAP.I. upon theEpiftb qf J A M li 1 s. VERS,2.To dance of 'Wi~kedne(s to. bepHrgedo11t of tbe hear.t of man :· Such a fulnefs as ru~:neth over, !I delLige of fin, Gen. 6. 5. All the-ima– ginations o(the heart tZre·:viI, .oncly evil, ttnd t~at cominual/1 ; · it runethopt mto eve~y.thw.ght,tnt,o~VJ:,rydefir.e,mtli> ev~ry purpo~: As thert is faltnefs m every drop of the Sea, and bJtcernefs m every branch of \iVormwood; fo.fin in every thing that is ha· med within the Soul : \iVhacever an unclean perfon touched, though ic were holy ·Bdh, it was·.unclean : fo all our actions_are p.oyfoned with it. ~an. 9· 27. we read of the over. rpreadi¥g of abominati.ons: and <J) IIf.vid faitn, Pfa. 14. TIMy- are- all he· come vitt, and gone oat of the \\?ay.; all, and all over: In the un· der-ftanding the.re are fll rhy rhoughts and purpofes, there fin be.– ginnech; jifb flink._ firjl at the head : In the Will filthy m~ions; the affeCtions mingle wich fihhy objects: The !'AemorJ, that 01ould be like the Ark, the cheft ()!the L.1w, retainetlr, like the: gr4t~ of~ Sink_, nothing hue mud and filchinefs: The Gon– fcience is defiled and ftained with' che impuriti~s of our lives : 179 The members a.re but inRrumems of filthinefs. - A rolling eyt provoketh aWantonjt:mc;·, and Hirreth up unclean glanoes; z Pet. 3, 14. H,wing eyes fu!t of Adalury; in the Original (J.GIX.ctAi– JI@-, [11/i of the .Adulterefs: The tongu~ bewrayeth the rorcepnds of the he.art in filthy fjee~k._ing. Oh what caufe have we to • Zech. 13 ; 1~ blefs God that thene is i< a fountain openedjfir uncleannpft ! Cer- · tainly Converfion is not an eafie Wa(k, there is fuch a mafs of · c<trruption eo be layd afide. , · · . 7• From that [Receive J Our duty in hearing the Word u to oh[c V receive it: See flace~ in the Expofition. In the Word there is er • 7 • the hand qf .G1ds hounty reaching out comfort and counfel to us ; and there mufr be the hand t~f Faith to receive it : In receiving there . is an AfJofthe Vnderftanding in apprehending the Truth, and mufing upon it: So C::hriil: faith, Lu~. 9· 44-· Let thefe [aying1 fink.. drrwn into your mirides; let them not Boat in the fancr, but enter upon the heart, as Solomon fpeaketh of Yui[dOffiS n'J.t~ring into the heart, Prov, 2. I o, . And there is lln .Ail of Fll~th, the crediting and beleeving faculty is flirred up to entertain it: So the ApoHle faith, mingled With faith tn the hear~ng, Heh. 4• 2. that is, mingled wich our heart, or clofdy app!1ed to .our hearts: And there is an ,1fJ of the T?ilt and A{~ ' f4C/IQ.NS .toembrac~and lodg it in the Soul) which is c31led !omeAa 2 where ,
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