, stS l 1 I Animpure manwno. l l . . Impuritie:m effcaofit. ill men_ di--vided intot~o~an~er. the heart isfrill wedded to GoJ,aod choofethG6d' and no other. And therefore, I fay, in thatit is. not feene, but confider what thy difpofition i~, whether thou hate that finne all the while. Aman thatisofan impure fpirit, efan impure– heart, when heis.with impure company, when1 he delights himfelfe in impure thoughts,then he is where he would be, he is then in his own ele. ment,and when he is otherwife, he is where he· - would not be. On the other fide, he that harh. an habitual! difpolition of purenelfe and clean~. nes,though he may be tranfported to thofe acts· of finne and pollution,yet his heart batesir,heii llOt Wherehe w.ould be all the while, he is not upon·his owne center,his heart fi:ill fights againft~ ir,.and relifts it ;therefore confider withthy felfe,. what thy heart is in thiscaf{", whether thou have· a heart that hates uncleanneffe, Qr whether thou. haltyet a fwinifu difpofition, that tl!tou.lyefl: in the mud,and delightefrto lye in it• Aman may fallinto.themud,but hedelightetb not to be there;n<>morewill acleanedifpofirion delight in·finne•. And you may know it by this, effect, where thedifpofirion is uncleane, there finneabides, till it llainethe heair,till it makes· a manj}6tted of the worlJ,that is,it caufeth him to· keepea tract in fi~ne,tb~.t am·an may fay,-this -i-s the path he walkerhin, it caufeth him to ·weare the)ivery of fin,that he may be known-by itfrom day today,itcaufeththefpot fot~·ftnkeintO'• the foule,thata manmayfeeheisfitch·aman~This is ,to have.an uncleane difpofition, whcn ·unclean-: · nefie .
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