,---------'------------~--...;.;,_,~----. ! V p R I . G. H T N E .s. with tbem, they are not eafily intreated. So, my beloved,~ this frowardneife, this wafpifhnes offpirit, tfuis : iin.placahlcndfc, isa :figne of an , unfound heart, of ·ammp:ure heart, of a heart rhat is not perfect with the Lord: as you. fee, the Devills are the mofr impure Spirits ofany : other, the moft full of malice, ando(envy,and revenge of any other. Iefu.r Chrift,on the other Note. fide, as he had the_moft pureheart~fo he was · the moil: ge~tle of a~l othe~s }1~. returned not requke for ~e-buke, ou.t ~ee ~~a! as..ajheepehefore l. the foearers, Cl'C. Vfc ·a Wolf~or a Tyger never , fo kindly, they will be fiill, implacable and Simile... 11 • greedy: vfe Sheepe never fo roughly; they will be meeke and gentle; fo it is with the Saints, becaufe their hearts are pure: Ifay,the ground of it is this,becaufe an unfound heart breeds in it cont~nually fl:rong 1ufl:s, anq eager ' defires ;a~nd eager ddi,res are unyedding, and ; unruly, ah4thatis the-caufe of ~o!ltemion, and '· implacablc"ndfe w~th men, .whereas when the . heart is clean(ed, whell it-. i~ pure and perfeCt, it is emptied of rhefe ftro:ng and domineering lufis,it growest~ .a qni~rn~:lfe' of fpirir, to be ; -quiet within, andAr1hen it"'ls quiet, ·V~'ithin, it will be peaceable ·;towards others without. \Vhenit is quiet thus., the Spirit is ready to fee God, and to yeeld to God in his pro– vidence, in all unkindneffes, and in ail the evi.ll:·dealings of men, a man is neither ready to murmure againft God, nor to fret againfr Lufinhe caa(eofun– qttletnefie. men: for quietnelfe followes a pure heart,· as · , I~ ~~-~-~. ---~~~~---A __a ___________ \ _- _u_~~q~u_i-~---~·~·~-~ ' I ...
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