§. Sect. 1 Of the inward signes of a pure heart.
ANd these are the causes of a pure heart. The signes whereby we may know whether our hearts bee thus purified or no, are either inward or outward. The inward signes are first the loue of holinesse and purity; for as when our hearts are defi∣led with naturall corruption, we loath sanctitie, and loue and delight in impure lusts, and the pleasures of sinne; so when our hearts are purified by faith, they are chiefly pleased with those things which please God; and louing purity and piety, they delight in the exercises of holi∣nesse and righteousnesse. And therefore when we loue purity and holi∣nesse, it is an euident signe that our hearts are pure and holy, seeing the cause of loue is likenesse; and where there is no similitude, there can be no loue. The second signe is hatred of sinne, which vpon the same ground we naturally loue; especially of those sinnes vnto which our corrupted nature is most inclined, because they most molest and trouble vs, and pol∣luting the heart with their defilements, hinder most our progresse in san∣ctification and holinesse. And thus Paul, when his heart was purified, ab∣horred all corruption, and delighted in Gods Law, hating that sin most, which he did most commit, because, like a Rebell, it warred against the law * 1.1