I ha--pe put offmy coat,&c., 199 \ ritof Chrifi, will firiveto be as much unfpotted, S;s R. vn.l and as heavenly as they can ; To fit themfelves for that heavenly Condition as much as maybe, when,becaufe they cannot be in heaven,yet they will converfe there as muchas theycan; and becaufe they cannot bewith fuch company altogether, they will beas much as maybeJ labouti~g as they are able to be that which they fhall be hereafter. I mperfection contents them not; and therefore they pray fiill in the Lords Prayer, Thy Kingdome come. While there is any imperfe. 1 ction, their hearts are enlarged more and more, nothing contents thembut perfeet:ion. And in– deed God accounts us thus unfpotted for this end,becaufe he would encourage us. Where he fees thewill and endeavour, he gives the title of !the thingdefire4. · I V E R·3· I havepn.t off my coat,how foal! I putit on? I I have wajheJ my feet, how jhaH I defile them? I Here is an ingenious confdlion made by the 1 Church of her own untowardneffe,notwithfl:an– )cling all Cbrifis heavenly Rhetoricke and per. I fwafion that he did ufe; yet fhe drawes backe, and fc:emes to have reafon fo to doe. I h"v.e put ' off my u;.~t, how fhallJ pttt it on againe to let thee in,zhave wajhedmy feet, &c. It is a phrafe taken fromthe cufl:ome ofthofe hot countries, where– in they ufed to wafh their feet. I have wafoedmJ feet, 'bow fhall I defile them to rife and open the doore to thee <1 There is a fpiritt:Jall meaning fL , hereio,as if fhe hadfaid, I have feme eafeby this 0 4 fleepy l ----------------
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