r.ptm the Epiftl-, P/ J 4 M I · s; V~ as.S. 479 - foon as D~tvidhad btu conooi11ed a repenting purpofe, he felt the cQmfcrt ef' par~0rJ . , {lflln!f ygur hfmds J' jit1ners, eft",] Fmm th!! Conne7{ion of this pr~p-pe with theformer yo~may obf~rve, '7hat 1mc/ianper~ 0 b[r. rvat, fo'ls f4n hll-1'f nu qpmmtr&e rnt.h God. YQU mufi. bf holy .etre you can draw nigh to him; Conformil) i~ the ground af (;ommm~iQn: Maf.6·9• lJirf{tdt~rethe pnre itl h.e~trt,for tkq foal/ fee Gft/. So l9Jl;. ~4.1,9, lflt1 (#mot fervoh8 Lord, jo'f1 he u an ho(y Gqd, &P. Wi~lwut holintfs God caf]noc tndure our prtrf~n(;e; He "-'9iU M~t takt the Wic/ud b] the hand, 7ob1S.'J.o. Andwe cannot endttrf his pre(ence; Thtjinncr1 inZion will be afraid, Ifai. 35. Wdl cbm, when YQil would have fre~ eonverfe withGo~, come with an holy h~arc; ~here js fpecial p~trt~ttion requir6d b~fore Worfltip: The If· r~~J.ices were to waJh themfdves when tbey heard the Law, Exad. ~9. And Vavid f:Uth, Pja/.26.6. I will Wll/b rnine h~t»as in inno– cency, andfo compafs thine Altar,O Lord. Ha hath refpe8: to the folemn walbing, whi'h God had appQimed for fuch as came eo the Altarf Ji~qd. 40. Again, if you would hl{ve fweec converfe wich God in your ways,· ~all< hplily; ·the Spirit .of (jodlovo.th to dwBil e/ffl11/y; See P{ai. 14. fJ• He that htJ.th clea14 ·1/imds, ·and an hdfJ hr.4rt, foal/ j/And in his holj Hill. 6enerally 'twas.the cufiom of th<: E1!l~rn Countries to walh hef0re Wor(hip. The nry Heathen gods WQUlJ be {erved in white, the emblt-m of purity. c; /qRnfoJPI1r ~ondJ] . It nGt.€!th good work~ ; ·tl:S'fJUrmefl ofho11rt iif!tJl)'.ethJai~h :tndlhol~ .aff~tl4on$:fhus ~.ds pftea.t~ken inScripture;·. ll,S 'Job 1•NJ/lfht right'CQ#I /ball. hold f»i h'i& fY!taJ,Il14d )Je that u ofpure h4nd1 fot~llgrQw fi~'811$tr and·jlro11ger. The-fef.ar@ wa.ll1ing th# · binds was a fign Qf innocencf ;-as Pil•te did in the p1accer of Cbrift• . Thus the ApQfile P •~tl bidpethus, . 1 TiwM.S. To lift liP holy hands without 'Wr4Jh, 111i.d doubtint, :· So God tei!eth the Ifraelites,~i. h H ,·16. Tflt~'l' h(lJJds a·r~full ofblood; 'Wilfo_you~m~you clelln,&c. , . . · Y'/h~ -~..e comli! to~mpty the fountqtR of OOodsefs,wemullnot do It wnh Jmpura hands. The h;mds in all th~fe J?la(es are put Synech– dpchically forth~ whol€ body, and aB the .eKt~roal Organs of the Soul, bec.auf~ they are principally employed in the accompli(hing.of · QJaoy tins; as in ~rib(!s,. rapine, lufi, ~~t~~&c. ()bfervf!, Thllt the Ohforvat. 1 . LPrtl h{llh r~quu•cd ,not ut.J' holy lie4Pts, but rholJ htftndt. The go?dllffs ofyc:~ur heatts m.ufi app~ari in the inregfityof'rour ~onver-c. fiftions. When meos~Cltons ~re naug~c, . they_ [email protected] hearts. ate~ ' -
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