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The Spirit of God in the heart refines and sanctifies it. That we may see what a purifying virtue the Spirit has, it is compared:
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It purgeth the heart as lightning purgeth the air. He is called the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1: 13). Faith and the love of sin are inconsistent.Ĥ Breathe after the Spirit. Faith will remove mountains, the mountains of pride, lust, envy. Nothing can have a greater force and efficacy upon the heart to make it pure than faith. If I believe Christ and all his merits are mine, how can I sin against him? We do not willingly injure those friends who, we believe, love us. The woman in the gospel that but touched the hem of Christ’s garment was healed. ‘Having purified their hearts by faith’ (Acts 15: 9). This blood lays the soul a-whitening.ģ Get faith. All the legal washings and purifications were but types and emblems representing Christ’s blood. A soul steeped in the brinish tears of repentance and bathed in the blood of Christ is made pure. This is that ‘fountain opened for sin and uncleanness’ (Zechariah 13: 1). This water of contrition is healing and purifying.
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Oh sinners, let your eyes be a fountain of tears! Weep for those sins which are so many as have passed all arithmetic. Mary’s tears washed her heart as well as Christ’s feet. Mary Magdalene, who was an impure sinner, ‘stood at Jesus’ feet weeping’ (Luke 7: 38). Peter had sullied and defiled himself with sin and he washed himself with penitential tears. There are two baths Christians should wash in. The Word breathes nothing but purity it irradiates the mind it consecrates the heart.Ģ Go to the bath. The Word is both a glass to show us the spots of our souls and a laver to wash them away. By looking into this pure crystal we are changed into the image of it. ‘Sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth’ (John 17: 17). God’s Word is pure, not only for the matter of it, but the effect, because it makes us pure. ‘Now ye are clean through the word’ (John 15:3). If you long for a pure heart, here’s how to get it:ġ Often look into the Word of God. This section on how to attain a pure heart is so good I’ve quoted it without editing or cropping. I’ve blogged several abridged extracts from Thomas Watson’s Exposition of the Beatitudes.