)iO offpjrir,asyoumay [ec,Iames 3.teltimu, But the wi.fodome that isfrom above, is.firjlpure, and then peaceab!e,gentle, eajie to6e intreated,fit!iofmer• .cie,fu/1ofgoodfruit. The w~(edomeisjirft p~tre, andthen peaceable: As if he fhould fay, The purity of wifdome, the perfectnefle;rhe entire– netfe,the finccritie which holy wifdome brings forth,it is fee ne in this effect, it will make the heartpeace.able, itisfi~(f pure, and then peaceable. His meaning is,. that peaceableneffeis an effect I ofthe pnrendfe and entirendfe of the heart: Sothat, when any mans heart is perfett with 1 God, you fball finde this effect rifing from it, I ' that his heart is quier,and humble, and gentle, . and peaceable towards men; fo!l of love, and ofmercy andofgoodfruits,and of good actions, Frowardnelfe I and workes: but when the heart is impure, and .aneffeelof r. d h ll . . k ..J · d impurity. un1ound, an o ow, It IS aw wartt, an . froward,and contentious, and implacable towards men, they are not ful ofmercy,but ful ofwrath; they are not full ofgood fruits, and good works andactions)buttheyarelikethe ra_gingSea; that cttjls up mire and dirt upon thofe with whom they have to doe. . So that this is the effect of a pure heart; it breedes a quietneffe, a peaceablcneffe of[pirit j whereas the other brings forth tumult & turbu– lentdifpofition: they are eajie to be intreated, (to be hai1dlecl)faytlathe Text;.Whereas the others 1 whofe hearts are unfound, as David fairh ofthe i wicked, they are as thornes, that they cannot I ealily be handled, a man cannot eafily deale I ~ili ~~---------------------------------------------~
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