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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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Secondly, He that hath a pure heart is sensible that to this day there ⟨p. 65⟩remains much impurity in his heart, and the purer any ones heart is, the more doth he mourn under his heart impurities. And,
Thirdly, He that hath a pure heart, loves every thing that is pure, and the more pure it is, the more he loves it, the more he approves it. Here's a pure heart; Phil. 1. 10. He approves the things that are excellent. Things that differ, so the word is. That is, things that differ in a way of excellency, not only things that differ, as good, and bad differ, but things that differ as good and good differ; for there's a gradual difference between good and good, as there is a specific difference between good and evil; as there is a difference between wheat and cockle, so there is a difference between wheat & wheat: As there is a difference between Gold and Copper, so there is a difference between Gold and Gold. There's the Gold of Ophir, the most pure ⟨p. 66⟩Gold. Now I say, he that hath a pure heart, he loves all that is pure, and the more pure any thing is, the more he loves it. That's the meaning of the Apostle, he approves things that differ in a way of excellency, not only as good differs from evil, but as one good differs from another. If there be any thing which is more excellent than another, he is for that. Here's your pure heart then. And,
Thirdly, He that hath a pure heart, loves every thing that is pure, and the more pure it is, the more he loves it, the more he approves it. Here's a pure heart; Phil. 1. 10. He approves the things that are excellent. Things that differ, so the word is. That is, things that differ in a way of excellency, not only things that differ, as good, and bad differ, but things that differ as good and good differ; for there's a gradual difference between good and good, as there is a specifical difference between good and evil; as there is a difference between wheat and cockle, so there is a difference between wheat & wheat: As there is a difference between Gold and Copper, so there is a difference between Gold and Gold. There's the Gold of Ophyr, the most pure