The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful…The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull…

1. That every thing short of this Perfection is moral impurity. The Command is the Rule of our Holiness; and if so, then the perfection of our Holiness must consist in our being commensurate to that Rule: and whatsoever is contrary to Holiness is impurity; and consequently in what degree soever we come short of this measure, it is by reason of a moral deficiency in us with respect to this Rule; and that can proceed from nothing ⟨p. 194⟩but sinful imperfection, which must needs render us so far impure. Now the Holy God who loves Holiness, cannot be well pleased with any thing that he seeth in us, that is of another tincture. He may and doth love our persons in Christ, which love of his is unchangeable, and nothing in us shall ever be able to separate us from it. He also loveth his Graces which are in us, they being the fruits of his own Holy Spirit; and so far as they are exercised by us, so far he smells a sweet savour in the Services that we do. But for all this, so far as we come short by reason of sin in us, and the mixture of it with any thing that we engage in, so far is there something in us which is not grateful to him, according to, Heb. 1. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Which must needs intend a look of approbation, for his Infinite Omniscience cannot but behold it so as to know it. And certainly it concerns us not to rest or be satisfied so long as there remains any thing in us which is ingrateful to this Holy God, which there will be so long as we abide short of sinless perfection.

1. That every thing short of this Perfection is moral impurity. The Command is the Rule of our Holiness; and if so, then the perfection of our Holiness must consist in our being commensurate to that Rule: and whatsoever is contraty to Holiness is impurity; and consequently in what degree soever we come short of this measure, it is by reason of a moral deficiency in us with respect to this Rule; and that can proceed from nothing ⟨p. 194⟩but sinful imperfection, which must needs render us so far impure. Now the Holy God who loves Holiness, cannot be well pleased with any thing that he seeth in us, that is of another tincture. He may and doth love our persons in Christ, which love of his is unchangeable, and nothing in us shall ever be able to separate us from it. He also loveth his Graces which are in us, they being the fruits of his own Holy Spirit; and so far as they are exercised by us, so far he smells a sweet savour in the Services that we do. But for all this, so far as we come short by reason of sin in us, and the mixture of it with any thing that we engage in, so far is there something in us which is not grateful to him, according to,