...what they call " improper," ie " unbefitting them," verifying herein the awful Apostolic saying, " unto the pure all things are pure; but unto them that are denied and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled0." Thus much...

...St. Paul, the broad principle, •that the soul is the theatre of real and vital religion ; that " unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure : but even their mind and conscience is defiled." The most careless observer is ready...

...eaten, " wholly denied in all the faculties and parts of soul and body." Epistle to Titus i. 15. — " Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience are defiled." Against what is contained in this...

...vices. This passage of Paul makes an excellent distinction respecting things which are indifferent : " Unto the pure all things are pure ; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled." (r) For why are curses denounced...

...fault with goodness and purity. It looks on everything purer than itself with suspicion and distrust. ' Unto the pure all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.'* It appears that the term friend has...

...disobedience." " Keep thyself pure," says the same apostle: — 1 Tim. chap, v., v. 22. And again, " Unto the pure all things are pure ; but unto them that are defiled, nothing is pure ; but even their mind and their consciences are defiled." St. Paul's first Epistle...

...whole. The apostle represents sin as corrupting all the powers and faculties of sinners. He says, " unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled." And this moral corruption of sinners...

...natural powers and faculties, and renders them really odious and detestable. Hence says the apostle, " Unto the pure all things are pure ; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving, is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled." As there is nothing amiable in the...

...the faith ; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth. 15 Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are denied and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is denied. 16 They profess...

...mollified with ointment. Isa. i. 6. As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one. Rom. iii. 10. Unto the pure all things are pure ; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but...