A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man…A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man…

Secondly, An upright man is sincere in ¹his Deeds or Actions, Isa. 33. 15. He walketh righteously, as well as speaketh uprightly. As his words are a true Commentary upon his heart, so his actions are a true Exposition upon his words. Whatsoever Office or Relation he stands in, he adorns it with integrity. The upright Judge, when he puts on his Robes, puts off his worldly relations. The upright Justice of the Peace disdaining to be drawn ⟨p. 66⟩by favour, or driven by fear besides his duty. The upright Counsellor will not plead, when his Tongue is confuted by his Conscience. The upright Juror, without all by respects, esteems the least grain of Evidence more weighty than a Talent of Ophirs Gold The upright Attorney, when he perceives the cause to be a drop blown up by malice into a bubble, sounds a retreat to his Client, though he lose thereby. The upright Physician will rather go with an empty purse, than torture either the body or purse of his Patient without cause. The upright Tradesman will be upright in his words, upright in his weights, and upright (in his wares, and upright in his rates) And the upright Minister will put on his Thummim, (that is, uprightness, a word derived from that in my Text) as well as Urim, and rather lose the love of ten by his plain dealing, than the soul of one by dissimulation and unfaithfulness.

SEcondly, An upright man is sincere in