358 Of the Ble7ednefs of the Pure in Heart. S E R M. fo firm, and that they have fuch influence XIII. as to produce a zeal for them, and even a partial obedience, yet if there be a predo- minant corrupt affecîion fill ¿blinately re- tained, the heart divided between this and virtue, is an impure one. This is the fate of mind which our Saviour reprefenteth by the allufion of an evil eye, in his fermon on the mount, Matt. vi. 22, 23. The light of the body is the eye, if therefore thine eye be Jingle, thine whole body Jhall be full of light ; but if thine eye be evil, thy whole bodyfhall b; full of darknefs ; if then the light that is in thee be darknef , how great is that darknefs? As the vitiated organ of fight is moll dange- rous to the body, leaving it without any proper guidance; fo if the judgment con- cerning moral differences, and the true na- ture and importance of things which relate to our duty, and our happinefs, be depra- ved and miffed by covetoufnefs, for in- fiance, (which in fcripture is fometimes meant by the evil eye) or by any other corrupt defire or vicious habit, though the notion of divine truths is not wholly ex- tinguifhed, but they appear in a wrong or a very faint light ; in fuçh a cafe, the Mate of the foul is very unhappy, and the moral condut of that man on which his true
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