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wherein
a
pure
heart
is bleffed
397
heart
did tender
up
to God,
but
'cis
defil'd
and loathfome
be-
fore
the
Lord
:
But then
is
the offering
of
Righreoufnefle,
when
the Lord
hath
purified the
heart, And
in
the
2
i
Pro:
a.
Asfor
the pure, faith
Solomon,
his
world' right. The
way
of
a
Man
is
froward
and
orange,
.
but
as
for
the pure,
his work
is
riht.
When
the Lord
bath cleanfed
the heart,
though it may
be
there
be
much weaknefíe,
yet the
work
is
right
in
Gods
eyes.
2
Ì
im:
2.
25.
If
a
rasan
therefore
pure
b mf
el
f
c
frors
theft,
he
f
all
be
a
ve
f
f
cil
unto.
honour,
fanffiltetandlneet
for
the
Mafia's
ale, and prepared
unto
every
good work.
A
purged
vol.,
fell
is a
yodel!fancAihed,
and
fit for
the Mailers ufe,
and
pre-
pared
for
every good
work;
whereas thole that
-have
uncléane
fpirits,
are like
filthy uncleane
vetlells,
unfit
to
be
brought
In
to
the prefence
of
the Mailer.
And
therefore
St.
Paul 'peak-
ing
of the
fervice that
he
did
to
God,
It
was
out
of
a
pure
Con-
fcience,
3
Tim:
1. 3.
1
thank,God,
ivvhom
I
ferve
from my
fore-
fathers
with
pure
Co
,fcience, faith
the
Apoille
;
He
was able
to
fay
this
as
in
the prefence
of
God, I
endeavour to ferve
God,
and doe ferve him,
and
it
is
from
a
pure Confcience
:
O blrffed
are
the pure in
heart,
for
they
are fit
to
draw
nigh
to
God,they
are
-fit
for
every work that
God
final!
imploy
them
in;
And
it
Commends
all
the
fervices
that they doe
fór God.
Fourthly
,
Againe, A
man'
that
path
a
pure heart,
his
life
will
be
Convincing before others
:
There
is
a
great deale
of
beauty
and
excellency
in
Grace, will
appeare
in
the converfa-
tion of
that
man or
woman who
keepes
a
cleane
heart towards
God.
There's
an
excellent Scripture
in
the 22 Pro:
r
i
,
y.
He
that
loveth pureneffeóf
heart,
for
the Grace
of his
lips
the
King
pall
be
his
friend.
O that God
would make good
this word of
his
;
That God
would make
the Bing the friend of Puritans
:
We
know
a
titre
there
was,
that
of all
men
in England, thofe
that were
called
Puritans,
and many
of them
who
fought
to
worfllip
God
in
purity;were lookt
upon by
the
eye of
the
King
as
the moil odious
in
the Land:yet
there
is
this promife
made,
flat
he
that
loveth purenefe
of heart,
for
the
Grace of
his
lips
-the
King
fhall
be
his
friend
:
God
is
able
to
make
the
King
a
friend
to
Puritans,
to
thole that love pureneffe
of heart, the
pure,