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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…
A plain discourse upon uprightness showing the properties and privileges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...A plain discourse upon uprightness shewing the properties and priviledges of an upright man / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed for E. Calvert, 1672
A Plain Discourse UPON UPRIGHTNESS. › Chapter 2: Of the Uprightness of God.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. It is agreeable to his Nature, Psal. 25. 8. Good and upright is the Lord. He is an upright God, and therefore loves Uprightness. How can he choose then but show himself upright to an upright man? Simplicity is Gods first Attribute, and Simplicity is the upright mans chief Property; there must needs therefore be a singular kindness between these two.
1. It is agreeable to his Nature, Psal. 25. 8. Good and upright is the Lord. He is an upright God, and therefore loves Uprightness. How can he chuse then but shew himself upright to an upright man? Simplicity is Gods first Attribute, and Simplicity is the upright mans chief Property; there must needs therefore be a singular kindness between these two.
2. It is agreeable to his Method. All stories Divine and Humane show thi• to be his usual way. Witness Noah, he was upright in a rotten Age, and the Lord was not behind with him: Witness Abraham, who walked before him and ⟨p. 79⟩was upright, and God though he was long, yet he was sure in rewarding him; So to Caleb, so to Job, so to David, to all: no man can come out, and charge God with neglect, or unfaithfulness towards him herein.
2. It is agreeable to his Method. All stories Divine and Humane shew thi• to be his usual way. Witness Noah, he was upright in a rotten Age, and the Lord was not behind with him: Witness Abraham, who walked before him and ⟨p. 79⟩was upright, and God though he was long, yet he was sure in rewarding him; So to Caleb, so to Job, so to David, to all: no man can come out, and charge God with neglect, or unfaithfulness towards him herein.