V1-Jlt.17· J99 in the former fencep~~ril) is oppofed to dtm.hle-mindtdnefs or b]pf7- · . tbinefo; fo we fay_pure w11ter, which is not mudded and defiled ; I crijie,in the latter tofilthinefs or f!lnfieannnefs, which is the proper · , conftderacion of this place; the word, as 1 intimated, ftgnifying 1 ,;hafte. But you willfay, HY_hoca!' fay, My ~eart fs &leA~,_ I am 1P~ov. ~o.' p11rt- fr•mmy fin ? The Anfwer will be bdl g1ven ID openmg the · term, I lball do it by fix Pairs or Couples. I. 'Tis a c/e(lnne(s itt~ I heArt And life .: Chrifi faith,Mat~ S. Blef{edllrt thepur; inheart: And D~tvid fa1th, P[.~l.r19. Blef{tdare the ltndefiledm tht waJ: The heart mufi berure,and the way undefiled. So {am.4.8.Cie~tn[e JONr h~tndl,ye}inners, and·purifteJ_QHr het~~rts, ye double-minded: Perfons fcandalous,whom he intendethbyjinners,muft cleanfe their h11nds; Hypocrites, noted in the other ~xprdfion, dauble-minded, . they mull make their he~trts clean. The firfi care mufi be fpent a– bout the heart ; a pure fpirit will not 'brook filthy thoughts; unclean defires,fldhly C!ounfels~ Chritl: condemnech theglance,M~Jt, 5.u. AQd Pder fpeakerh of fome that had eyes -p.~1'1Sf p.olx.,~J...tJ'@-1 . full ofthe Adulttre.fi, l Pet. I. I 4· intimating the impure roJlings of the. fancy: True Chrifiians do r Ailjf11in. fro"' the lufls oft-he Jlefo, .r 1 Pet , , r 1 : as weU as mortifie f the deeJs ofthe fie/b. ·Then after this wemufi {Rum.S;·I 3·; look to c.he /ife,that it be voyd of fcandals and blots; that as-we do · ll(>t im;ur bl~me from inward giiilt,fo.we do not procure jHjf j1J11me · from _the outward converfation, that thegood confcier.~ maybe 11 fe•ft to give achearful heart, and thegood name"" ointment to ' giv~ a chearful countenance : As in- the Soul there lhould not be 1 -.r.£9~ t-r1Gt1p.1ccr, -the pa.J]ianatmefs of luft ; . fo the body mufi be - , _, kept infon.[iificllti;q~~ and itJ hfJnour, I · The[. 4·). This is tbe.fidl · Pair.and Couple, IJ p•refpirit and"pure lift• 2•. -Twill not hrook;.· the filthintfs either of erro'l! orfin ; Error is ablot, as well as fin. The WayofGod is called the hoiJ Camm~tndment; and Gentilifm ' ) thepPIINtifJits ofthe~orld, 2 Pet.2.,2.o. lltde callethfalfe Teachers - ~ _ftlthJ. ·IJ_reAme.rs,verf. S. 'DI"e~tme~s,becaufe of cha~ folly,anddotage that JS mError·; :andfilth], becallfe of the defilement of it; and ; t~erefore pure wjfdom~uft be made up oftruthand h1liHe[s : 'Tis ., fatd ot Deacons, 1 TiT!'·3· 9• Ho/Jing the myfhry fifthefaitb ina . pure Confcimu. Precious, liquors are beft kept in dean veffds. . ) ~~areualousagainft Errors,that yet are~aves ~o their own lufis: : T1s~sgr~at aJudgment to be delivered up to vile affellions, as.,to · avm~ 11111ttl.. Ie,,_fpcakeE~ of ~o~J · 'f'!j· ~g~biln~-·-yit~~mpag11- . !M- ~
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