Heaven and earth reconciled A sermon preached at Saint Pauls church in Bedford, October.…Heauen and earth reconcil'd A sermon preached at Saint Paules church in Bedford, October.…

The Predicate we work men to, is Righteousness: Righteousness is so fair an object, that a man would think there needs no great solicitation to it. What heart would not be enamoured on the beauty of Righteousness, if we saw it? Even the most unrighteous men have been convinced to approve Righteousness. Surely Integrity is not loved, because it is not seen, the Devil so takes up our eyes with the flourishes of sin, and gay colours of Lusts, that we are blind to the sight of goodness; whose face if we could behold in that mirror of clearness wherein we were created, we would be in love with nothing else but God, and that: But as an ill affected Stomach is best pleased with crudities, our poisoned and infected Natures are dotingly taken with corruptions, and have no love to Righteousness: No love, said I? no familiarity, no knowledge, no acquaintance; that if God should suffer our blinded souls so to go on to our deaths, we should scarce ever dream of Righteousness: Therefore he hath given us helps, his word, and the vocal Organs, to make it sound to us his Ministers, who may turn our hearts to righteousness: ⟨image 7⟩Here is offered to us this instruction.

The Praedicate we worke men to, is Righteousnesse: Righteousnesse is so faire an obiect, that a man would thinke there needes no great sollicitation to it. What heart would not be inamored on the beautie of Righteousnesse, if we saw it? Euen the most vnrighteous men haue been conuinced to approue Righteousnesse. Surely Integritie is not loued, because it is not seene, the Deuill so takes vp our eyes with the flourishes of sinne, and gay colours of Lustes, that we are blind to the sight of goodnesse; whose face if we could behold in that mirrour of clearenesse wherein we were created, we would be in loue with nothing else but God, and that: But as an ill affected Stomacke is best pleased with crudities, our poysoned and infected Natures are dotingly taken with corruptions, and haue no loue to Righteousnesse: No loue, sayd I? no familiaritie, no knowledge, no acquaintance; that if God should suffer our blinded soules so to goe on to our deathes, we should scarce euer dreame of Righteousnesse: Therefore he hath giuen vs helpes, his word, and the vocall Organs, to make it sound to vs his Ministers, who may turne our hearts to righteousnesse: ⟨image 7⟩Heere is offred to vs this instruction.