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2 For coldness. Experience teacheth that the earth is cold; & coldness is a natural quality pertinent to it, though accidentally there be bred in it fiery vapours. The wicked man hath a cold heart, frozen up in the dregs of iniquity; though there be an unnatural heat sometimes flaming in him; the fire of lust and malice tormenting his bowels: but this is no kindly heat to warm his conscience. That is derived from the fire of the Temple, that never goes out, and only given by ⟨p. 108⟩Jesus Christ, that baptizeth with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

2 For coldnesse. Experience teacheth that the earth is cold; & coldnes is a natural quality pertinent to it, though accidentally there be bred in it fierie vapours. The wicked man hath a cold heart, frozen vp in the dregs of iniquitie; though there be an vnnaturall heat sometimes flaming in him; the fire of lust and malice tormenting his bowels: but this is no kindly heate to warme his conscience. That is deriued from the fire of the Temple, that neuer goes out, and only giuen by ⟨p. 108⟩Iesus Christ, that baptizeth with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

3 For foulness. The squalid earth (for we speak not here of any good ground) is called Lutulenta terra; miry and noisome: yet is it neat and clean in comparison of a sin-contaminated soul. The body was taken from the earth; not the Soul: the body shall resolve to the earth; not the soul: yet the polluted soul is more sordid, then either a leprous body, or a muddy earth. In the eye of GOD, there is no beauty so acceptable, no foulness so detestable, as the souls. The Dove carried the praise of beauty from the Peacock, by the Eagles judgement: that though the Peacock living had the fairer plumes, yet dead he hath but a black liver. Gods judgement of all mens fairness, is by the liver, the cleanness of the heart in his eye-sight.

3 For foulenesse. The squalid earth (for we speake not heere of any good ground) is called Lutulenta terra; miery and noysome: yet is it neate and cleane in comparison of a sinne-contaminated soule. The body was taken from the earth; not the Soule: the body shall resolue to the earth; not the soule: yet the polluted soule is more sordid, then either a leprous body, or a muddy earth. In the eye of GOD, there is no beautie so acceptable, no foulenesse so detestable, as the soules. The Doue carried the prayse of beautie from the Peacocke, by the Eagles iudgement: that though the Peacocke liuing had the fayrer plumes, yet dead he hath but a blacke liuer. Gods iudgement of all mens fairenesse, is by the liuer, the cleanesse of the heart in his eye-sight.