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Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…
Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the late reverend Mr. Joseph Caryl.
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior, 1675
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why the impurity of these mens hearts breaks out, the show of their countenance doth testify against them, that they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. You see then there are a number that want this purity of heart. Consider them first, who are pure in their own eyes, and have ⟨p. 64⟩great thoughts of their own purity. Consider, secondly, those that have a great opinion for purity among men, they appear to others so, and yet the Lord sees they are not so. And then, if you go abroad to the profane world, who proclaim their impurities, and glory in their impurity. And therefore to urge that a little further,
why the impurity of these mens hearts breaks out, the shew of their countenance doth testifie against them, that they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. You see then there are a number that want this purity of heart. Consider them first, who are pure in their own eyes, and have ⟨p. 64⟩great thoughts of their own purity. Consider, secondly, those that have a great opinion for purity among men, they appear to others so, and yet the Lord sees they are not so. And then, if you go abroad to the profain world, who proclaim their impurities, and glory in their impurity. And therefore to urge that a little further,
How may we know where there is purity of heart, that Evangelical purity which I spake of before? In opening the words, take a few touches as to the discovery of a pure heart.
First, he that Indeed hath a pure heart, is very 1sensible that once he had an impure heart, as David in