Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church.

[Sect. 3] Thirdly, of the Moones blacknesse and blemishes.

• 1. THe blemishes are reall.
• 2. The blemishes are apparant.
• 3. They are continued and remaining.

First, the blemishes are reall, not feigned, or imagina∣ry; so are the blemishes of my soule true and reall ble∣mishes; I am really guilty and polluted, and neede a reall satisfaction by Christ, and a reall renovation by Gods holy Spirit.

Secondly, the Moones blemishes are obvious and ap∣parant, so are the sinnes of Gods people apparant to him, Psalme 90.8. and apparant to others, as were the sinnes of David and Peter: apparant to our selves. Psal. 51.5.

Lord let my iniquities be forgiven, and my sins co∣vered; not from thy omniscience, (that is impossible) but from thy judiciall view: Lord looke not on my sins to take vengeance; and let me so looke on the apparant

faults of others, that I forget not to looke on their appa∣rant graces.

Thirdly, the Moones blemishes are continued; so are the blemishes of the regenerate. St: Paul had a law in his members: these Canaanites are left for our exercise; perfection is for the next world, here we are as the Moone with blemishes.

Applications.

1. Alas poore soule that I am, not onely in a place polluted, Mich. 2.10. but my very soule is polluted, and my pollutions sticke fast upon me, Heb. 12.1. so that much Nicer and Sope will not wash them away.

2. Yet there is a fountaine opened for sinne and un∣cleanenesse, Zach. 13.1. There is a blood that can cleanse from all sinne, 1. Ioh. 1.7. and make me whiter than Snow.

3. Death is not to bee abhorred as the greatest evill, for it puts an end to my pollutions: He that is dead, is freed from sinne: Rom. 6.7. Death takes away our sins as well as our lives, then perfect holinesse and happines shall meete, our blemishes shall be done away, and we shall shine as the Sunne. Mat. 13.43.