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…

SECT. III.

III. The Lord will show himself upright ¹to this man, in Strengthening his graces, and prospering him in his soul. His Graces are weak, his bones dried, his soul is poor and needy. He is poring a whole week by times to find one plain evidence, one evident Grace of God; but having an upright heart, and being a plant of Gods planting, they shall increase and grow up as the calves of the stall. The Child painted on the wall, that grows not, unless it grows more dim; but the Child in the bosom, that hath a principle of life; though it cries it grows; though sick sometimes yet ⟨p. 90⟩grows, and at length grows a strong and lusty man: so in this case, the painted hypocrite hath no cubit added to his stature; no, he grows worse and worse, his varnish wears off, and nothing remains at length but a sepulchre without paint. But an upright man though he groan he grows; though he have some qualms, and doubts, and troubles, yet he gets ground, and (though insensibly) gathers strength.

III. THe Lord will shew himself upright ¹to this man, in Strengthning his graces, and prospering him in his soul. His Graces are weak, his bones dried, his soul is poor and needy. He is poring a whole week by times to find one plain evidence, one evident Grace of God; but having an upright heart, and being a plant of Gods planting, they shall increase and grow up as the calves of the stall. The Child painted on the wall, that grows not, unless it grows more dim; but the Child in the bosome, that hath a principle of life; though it cryes it grows; though sick sometimes yet