79.
That innocency asks with confidence, and obtains.
In the Epistle of John: “If our heart
blame us not, we have confidence towards God; and whatever we ask, we
shall receive from Him.”
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Also in the Gospel according to
Matthew: “Blessed are they of a pure heart, for they shall
see God.”
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Also
in the twenty-third Psalm: “Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord?
or who
shall stand in His holy place? The innocent in hands and of a
pure heart.”
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1 John ii. 21, 22
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Matt. v. 8
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Ps. xxiv. 3, 4
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