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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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Sixthly, If you you have this pure heart, you will not only have many pure desires, but you will have purposes, pure resolves, you will be full of good resolves, and by resolves the heart is sixth, fastened, settled, resolution is the stablishment of the soul; now a pure heart is full of pure resolves, and purposes. The resolves and purposes are of two kinds.
Sixthly, If you you have this pure heart, you will not only have many pure desires, but you will have purposes, pure resolves, you will be full of good resolves, and by resolves the heart is fixt, fastened, settled, resolution is the stablishment of the soul; now a pure heart is full of pure resolves, and purposes. The resolves and purposes are of two kinds.
First, He purposes and resolves ⟨p. 69⟩to adhere and cleave to that which is good. Thus he doth resolve with himself, fall back, fall edge, let the winds blow high or low, this I am resolved, this is my purpose, to cleave to Christ, and that which is good, as that good man Barnabas is said to exhort the people, Acts. 11. 23. He exhorted them, that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord, with purpose of heart. Holy purposes they are are as the Glue, by which our hearts are fastened to the Lord Jesus Christ, I exhort you with purpose of heart that you would cleave to Christ.
First, He purposes and resolves ⟨p. 69⟩to adhere and cleave to that which is good. Thus he doth resolve with himself, fall back, fall edge, let the winds blow high or low, this I am resolved, this is my purpose, to cleave to Christ, and that which is good, as that good man Barnabas is said to exhort the people, Acts. 11. 23. He exhorted them, that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord, with purpose of heart. Holy purposes they are are as the Glew, by which our hearts are fastened to the Lord Jesus Christ, I exhort you with purpose of heart that you would cleave to Christ.