I' upon the E piflle ofJ.A .M li s. heart mufl: be- waihed in the blood of Chrifl:, cleanft\i from unb~ 1 lieving difiruflful thoughts : .The p~re are principally rhofe that be,– lieve the pardon of their fins 111 C~nfi,and are renewed by the. Hol! Ghofi: There is not only an ·abfimence from fin, but a purgmg of t6t:ir Confciences, and a walhiog of their hear·cs in the Fountain openedf@r unclermnefs~ Zcch.q. I. ,xloh.I:7·. Nowmanylittfe mind this; they are ctvtlly moral, leaa a fa1r life m the world, bm they are not walhed and made dean in thf Na_me of the Lord lefui, ~end by the Spirit of-our (jod, I Cor. 6. I 1. Others are for an E- · } vangelical, but not for a Moral cleannefs; cry up laflification· to exclude S~tnElificlltion ·: certainly to the negletl: of civil Righteouf– ncfs, pretend an imereft in Chnfi, t~ough the .hearc were never pu~ rified. True ~urity is w~~ri the fpirit is purged bochfrom guilt and ] · filth,the covfcuncefrom amdwqrk!_,Heb.9. I 4· and the heartfrom . an evil c~nfcience, verf.z'z. The confcience _fr{ m·dead work!; · that is, from the death that is in it by reafon of our works·: And the he~~rt from a~ evil ~oflfc,ience; that is,that inward polludon .where- ,. of the Confctence JS w1cnefs and Judg-, abfolved from gn,lr. and cleanfed from fin; tile one by the merit, the other by the Spirit of Jefus Chrifr. ·5. :It mufl he in our inwardframe,and our outward adminiflrations: Man loverb to divide where God hath joyned; Pu:itTofheart and purity ofOrdinances lllUfl: go together. Mar1y 1 are for apure Adminifiration,and yet ofan uncltari fptrit; as ifour~ I ward Reformation were enough: When the Co_nfdence is purged, then 'cis me~t to ferve the living qod,Heb.9. I 4. /'Iis an allufion eo legal qndeannefs, -which debarred from Worlhip. So Mal 3· 3· '1 will purific the fons ofhevl, 11na thm they /ball offer the facrtjica of righteoufnefs: Publique care 'lhould not excufe private; the tlrfl: work is to look to our own fpirits. But now others think all care of Reformation is confined to amans own heart : Let a man look to himfelf',and all is well enough ; Satan is bufie on every hand : l ' I 1 When outward endeavors ar~ perilous, and put us to trouble, then' we ~hin_k 'cis enough to look to our [elves; as if former times were • J bett~r when Adminifrrations were lefs pure. As a man is to look tohu:~felf,fotoothers; Heb.3.13. Tii~eheedleflthere bea~aevil ·.· heart ofunht!ief i~ any ofyou.: So Heb.Il.t 5. LookJng d;ligently, left an) rr;ot of bztternefs jf.rmg up amongfl }Du, 11n.d fo many 6e defiled.. The whole body IS polluted not only by the infe[!ion and } cont~t,glm1 but theguilt _of the peccant member : Scandalous fins . Fff •e I . 1 !' •
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