1o8 A Commentary upon theGofJiel Ciiap,5. for ? And didnot the Kenites, that were bornmany ages after le- throes death, receive life from his duff, and favour from his hofpi- tallty ? I Sam.I 5.6. Verfe 8. Blefedare the pure inheart ] That waf their heart; fromwickednefe, that they may be raved, Jer. 4. 14. Not their handsonly, with Pilate, but their inwards, as there ; How long 'hall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? There, however the world cenfure them ( for every fool hash a bolt CO fihoat at that purity, which yet they profefle, and pray for) are the Lords darlings, that purifie theintelves (in frame truth of refemblance ) as God is pure. PuraD eua mens eft, purl volt mente vocari : Et puras jut pondus habere preces. He will take up in a poor, but it muff bea pure heart : in a home- ly, but it muff be a cleanly houfë : in a low, but not in a loathiotn lodging. Gods Spirit loves to lieclean. Now the heart ofman is the moff uncleanand loathfome thing in the world, a den of dra- gons, adungeonof darkneffe, affieand liable of all foul lufis, à cage ofunclean and ravenous birds. The Embafladours of the In Bi; Conti;. Councelof Conftance, being fent to Pope Beneditf the Xi, when Conzant, he,. laying his hand uponhis heart, laid, Hi: eft Arca Nea, Here isNoahs ,irk; they tartly and truly replied ; In Noahs Ark were few men, but many beaffs, intimating, that there were fe- venabominations in that heart, wherein, he would have them to believe, were lodg'dall the laws of right and religion. This is true of every mothers childe of us. The naturali heart is Satans throne, he fillerh it from corner to corner, AEl. 5.3. he fits abrood rf'° }'L 5 .6. uponit, and hatcheth all noifome and loath(ome lulls, E,nhef.2.z. There (as in the fea ) is that Leviathan, and there are creeping things innumerable, crawling bugs and baggage vermine. Now z for, 6. r. as many asshall lee God to their comfort, muff cleanfe them!clves fromall hlthinefleofflcfh and fpirit, and perfect holin. fir in the fear of God. This is the mighty workof the holy Spirit, which therefore wemutt pray and ffrive for : befeeching God to break V1.64.1. the heavensandcome down : yea to breakopen theprifon doors of our hearts by his Spirit, and to cleanfe this Aug-aan liable. He comes as a mighty milling winde, andblows away choie litters of_ lufts, as once the EAR- windeofGod did a1í the lotufis of Egypt into the red Sea. And this done, heblows uponCodsgarden, che heart, and caufeth thefpices thereof fo to flow forth, chat Chrik faiths
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