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

And then there is a purpose in a pure heart, against all that is evil, against all that is Impure: Daniel 1. That holy man Daniel, Verse 8. saith the Text, Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the portion of the Kings meat; he was resolved ⟨p. 70⟩of that, now he hath a pure heart, indeed, who purposes that he will never defile himself, his heart, nor his life neither. And indeed, such purposes have they that have pure hearts, of one kind or of another. Yea sometimes we find holy ones heightening their purposes to vows, yea to oaths, I have sworn, saith David, that I will keep thy righteous Judgements; here were strong purposes indeed. And then,

And then there is a purpose in a pure heart, against all that is evil, against all that is Impure: Daniel 1. That holy man Daniel, Verse 8. saith the Text, Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the portion of the Kings meat; he was resolved ⟨p. 70⟩of that, now he hath a pure heart, indeed, who purposes that he will never defile himself, his heart, nor his life neither. And indeed, such purposes have they that have pure hearts, of one kind or of another. Yea sometimes we find holy ones heigthening their purposes to vows, yea to oaths, I have sworn, saith David, that I will keep thy righteous Judgements; here were strong purposes indeed. And then,

Seventhly, He that hath this pure heart, certainly hath pure ends in all that he doth, He hath a holy Aim, he hath a single eye, this is a great evidence of a pure heart, when we have pure Aims, Christ calls that the single eye, Matth. 6. 23. If thine eye be single, that is, If thy ends, and Aims, that which thou lookest at, If they are single, sincere, pue, the whole body shall be full of light. A pure heart, the ends that he