426 A Commentary upon theGlet Chap. u. . death, Whereas in the year of Christ, 33o, Spiridion a godly Bishop in Cyprus, havingnot what cite ready to fetbefore a guest that came to him in the Lent, fet him a piece ofporke to feed on. And when the firanger made fcruple ofeating fletti in Lent, fay- 'Rot:a s ç:. ing I am a Christian, and may not do it : Nay therefore thoumad do it laid he, becaufe to the pure all things are pure, and the king_ dome of God confiftethnot in meats and drinks, arc. Verle 18. Come forth pone the heart] That source offinne, and fountain of folly : for as a fountain caifeth forth her waters, Assn that fo Both the heart of man calf out it's wickednelfe, yen6,7, and if Chaos Gen, the tongue be World of Wick;dnefe, Jam.a. what is the heart, r. that feminary of finne, wherein is a raioatpFtia as Empedocles faith where the feeds the in Arilotle. In this fea are not only that Leviathan the devil creaturea: fo (who there lets up his forts and strong holds, 2 Cor. 10.4. and in the heart,of doth entrench and incage himself) but creeping things innumera- ailfinnes. ble, Pfal.io4.26. making that which should be the Temple of God a denof theeves, a pallaceof pride, a (laughter -house of ma- lice, a brothel-houle of uncleanncffe, a raging lea offinne, Ifa.S7, so. a littlehell of black and blafphemous imaginations. Thena_ turall man lies rotting in the grave of corruption, wrapt up in the windingsheet of hardnefle of heart, and blindeneffe of mìnde; and (as a carcafe crawleth with wormes) fwarrning with chofe noifome tufts, that wereAle to poison up anhonelt heart. Verse 19. For o'ut of he heart proceed evil thoughts] Thefe 5. Pre/lanof are the first and immediate iliac of the finfull foul : words and ModsAttti- deeds, Borborolegy and enormity fellow in their order. And I buses.. dare be bold to fay (faith a reverend Divine) that though thead contrad$ the guilt, becaufe the lust is then grown up to an height, fo that it is corne to an abfolute will in execution, yet theat of adultery and murther is not fo abhominable in Gods eies, as the filthinrll'eof the fpirit : for it is the spirit that he mainly looks to, &c. Think not then that thought is free, for as inwardbleeding will kill, fo will concupiscence, whatever the Papists lay in favour ofit, as a conditionof nature : and hence flow molt of their molt dangerous opinions, as justificationby works, state of perfetion, went, fupererogation, &c. Verte ao. Thefe are the things Which defile a man] Make tim a lothfome leper in Gods fight, his heart being a filthy dung- hill of all abhominable vices, his life a long chain of lìnfull anions, a very continued web of wickedne.ffe. And whereas Repentance ís
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