The nature and principles of love, as the end of the commandment declared in…

First, Upon this Consideration which you find in Psal. 18. 26. With the pure, thou wilt show thy self pure: with the merciful, thou wilt show thy self merciful: with an upright man thou wilt show thy self upright. With the pure thou wilt show thy self pure. I, but if a man be not pure, Will God show himself impure towards him? No such thing. Let us be what we will, God is ever the same. Nothing ⟨p. 81⟩can turn him out of his purity. But the meaning is, If we are pure, pure in heart, God will show himself pure to us: that is, he will perform all things; he will be that to us which he hath promised. He will be all that to us which we can desire. With the pure, thou wilt show thy self pure. And he saith, With the froward, thou wilt show thy self froward. As God knows how to deal with men in ways of evil, to hit them according to what they are: With the froward thou wilt show thy self froward. Not that there is any frowardness or passion in the Lord; but men shall be dealt with according to their way. They that will wrestle with God, as the word there signifies, he will pay them in their own coin: And so with the pure, thou wilt show thy self pure. And then,

First, Upon this Consideration which you find in Psal. 18. 26. With the pure, thou wilt shew thy self pure: with the merciful, thou wilt shew thy self merciful: with an upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright. With the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure. I, but if a man be not pure, Will God shew himself impure towards him? No such thing. Let us be what we will, God is ever the same. Nothing ⟨p. 81⟩can turn him out of his purity. But the meaning is, If we are pure, pure in heart, God will shew himself pure to us: that is, he will perform all things; he will be that to us which he hath promised. He will be all that to us which we can desire. With the pure, thou wilt shew thy self pure. And he saith, With the froward, thou wilt shew thy self froward. As God knows how to deal with men in wayes of evil, to hit them according to what they are: With the froward thou wilt shew thy self froward. Not that there is any frowardness or passion in the Lord; but men shall be dealt with according to their way. They that will wrestle with God, as the word there signifies, he will pay them in their own coin: And so with the pure, thou wilt shew thy self pure. And then,