Mat. xxvii. 59. Mark xv. 46.SINCERITY. a This Word properly signifies Truth and Uprightness, when the Heart and Tongue agree together. Sincerity is oppos’d to Double-mindedness, Deceit, when the Sentiments of the Heart are contrary to the Language of the Mouth. The Latin Word Sincerus is derived from sine and cera, without Wax, Honey separated from the Wax, or pure Honey. In the Scripture sincere signifies pure, or without mixture. Sapientia est emanatio quædam Sap. vii. 25. Philip. i. 10.claritatis omnipotentis Dei sincera. St. Paul would have the Philippians be pure, that their Behaviour may be innocent, and give no Offence to any Body. That ye may be sincere, and without Offence till the Day of Christ. And St. Peter exhorts the pure and sincere Mind of the Faithful: Vestram 2 Pet. iii. 1. 1 Cor. v. 8.excito in commonitione sinceram mentem. St. Paul speaks of Sincerity and Truth, or of Purity and Truth, which he sets in Opposition to the leaven’d Bread of Impurity and Filthiness. He reproaches the false Apostles with not preaching Jesus Christ sincerely, purely, with upright and disinterested Sentiments of the Heart.
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