Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

lj Jll1nen_di--oided into tlJJo 'J!..3n~eJ'. 517 Aman may withdraw himfelfe from finne,he , . · h . r. · . b · d' d Itisnotl~a.. may~rv:ettover, emay 1eemeto e I~orGe vingbuthafi·om 1t,and yet he may have a moneths mmdq.f- j rineotlit)nc ter i~, he ~aydo with it frill, as the hus_hand 'of(t:.~t~~wcth UUtchat d1d, when fllle was taken from htm, yet ; P faith theText,H~c-ame weeping ifterher 4far off, he longed after her·frill, and loved her frill ; So' <t man ni'ay part with his finne after fuch a manner that frill he goes weeping after ir, he would have it againe,he would faine enjoy i,t,· !fit were J;10t - for feme gre4ter danger,orfome gr~ater r'roubfe that he expofeth himfelfumo;asyou fee inPhat. tiel,it was-notfor want ofloveto his wife,thathe partedwith her, but it was out ofa defire he had . :tofave hirnfelf,toefcape the danger oftheKings , wrath, jmprifonment, &death, that would have • I ! :followed upon it.Therfore confiderwhat hatred you have oflinnr, and by that you mufi ju~lge I whether yo_uhave a define_di_fpofition Or no. ' You mufi no..tthinkanyman is 'perfectly cieane, A pure man I and pure,bu.t he'is a cleane man., tQ4t fuffers llOt who. I ·any impurity to' take quiet poffeffion ofhi~heirt _ although he haveuncleane th0ughrs& tlt1cleane affedions, (as allfzntullthotighrs and affe·ctions are)though linne may paffethrough his he :~ rt, as they palfed through the temple, yet h~fuff:re h ~t not tofet up Tables intheTcmple,to'fet upan Idolinnis hear,t~e fu.fferethit not' to make any . breac'h,0fCoven~tnt withGod, to be adulterousa– gainfthim; though the're may be manyglances, forue adU1terous and uncleane attions, that is notthethingthat breakes the C~v~nant) when Cc · the

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