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

Secondly, Look to this purity, ⟨p. 82⟩for then all things are pure to you. As God will show himself pure to you: So if you are pure, all things will be pure to you, Titus 1. 15. Unto the pure, all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure. Here is a very strong Argument to press you to this purity of heart: To the pure, all things are pure. To the impure, nothing is pure. Why is it that to the pure all things are pure? What are evil actions pure to them? Is sin pure to them? No: God forbid that any should have such a thought. This liberty have some taken to themselves, as if there were no difference to be made in actions: But, to the pure, all things are pure. They need not trouble themselves about sin, or this or that. No, but to the pure all things are pure: that is, all things are blessed to them: All their enjoyments, all the Ordinances ⟨p. 83⟩of God, all their outward comforts, all their relations, all their duties, all things are pure to them. Whereas, saith he, To them that are defiled, there is nothing pure. The very holy Ordinances are not pure to them: Their Callings, though honest, are not pure to them: their riches, their great possessions in the world, are not pure to them: They have not a pure, nor a holy use of any of these things. This is an awakening consideration, to look after a pure heart, To the pure, all things are pure; but to the undefiled there is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. And then,

Secondly, Look to this purity, ⟨p. 82⟩for then all things are pure to you. As God will shew himself pure to you: So if you are pure, all things will be pure to you, Titus 1. 15. Unto the pure, all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure. Here is a very strong Argument to press you to this purity of heart: To the pure, all things are pure. To the impure, nothing is pure. Why is it that to the pure all things are pure? What are evil actions pure to them? Is sin pure to them? No: God forbid that any should have such a thought. This liberty have some taken to themselves, as if there were no difference to be made in actions: But, to the pure, all things are pure. They need not trouble themselves about sin, or this or that. No, but to the pure all things are pure: that is, all things are blessed to them: All their enjoyments, all the Ordinances