Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…

And much of that deceitfulness and wickedness remains, even when they are in Grace. We may therefore conclude, (at least in this matter) alluding to that of Solomon in the Proverbs, Chap. 37. 19. As in water, face answereth to face; so the heart of man to man. There are some that do trouble the water in that Text, with various Interpretations, I shall not stay upon them. But all that I allege the Text for, is to show, That look what there is in one mans heart naturally, the same is in another's. Just as he that looks into the water; the face in the water upon which he looks, answers his own face looking into it: So ⟨p. 50⟩doth the heart of man to man. The hearts of all good men, of persons regenerate, do answer one another in the main. Look what the heart of one godly man is, the same is the heart of another godly man in the main, though there may be particular differences. And so, take all men in their natural condition. Look what the heart of one man is, the same is the heart of another; and all stark naught. So then, there's now no pure heart in nature. Seeing the made pure heart is lost, we must then consider the heart as remade pure.

And much of that deceitfulness and wickedness remains, even when they are in Grace. We may therefore conclude, (at least in this matter) alluding to that of Solomon in the Proverbs, Chap. 37. 19. As in water, face answereth to face; so the heart of man to man. There are some that do trouble the water in that Text, with various Interpretations, I shall not stay upon them. But all that I alledge the Text for, is to shew, That look what there is in one mans heart naturally, the same is in anothers. Just as he that looks into the water; the face in the water upon which he looks, answers his own face looking into it: So ⟨p. 50⟩doth the heart of man to man. The hearts of all good men, of persons regenerate, do answer one another in the main. Look what the heart of one godly man is, the same is the heart of another godly man in the main, though there may be particular differences. And so, take all men in their natural condition. Look what the heart of one man is, the same is the heart of another; and all stark naught. So then, there's now no pure heart in nature. Seeing the made pure heart is lost, we must then consider the heart as remade pure.