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…

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V. The Lord shows himself upright to the upright man, In comforting ¹him in his straits, Psal. 116. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple, (that is, the upright) I was brought low and he helped me. His integrity freeth him not from the common infirmities of mankind, as wants, sickness, prisons, losses, crosses, unkindnesses, and death it self at last: but his God takes special care to support and comfort him, and at length deliver him. In all these storms he is sure of Sunshine, and you know the Sun-beams when it shines, do guild every drop that the clouds pour down, and make the storm as a calm: So the face and favour of God, doth refresh the upright in heart, for Psal. 11. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the Upright. And unworthy is that man of Heavens Glory, that prefers not the sharpest sickness, the darkest prison, the heaviest cross with the light of Gods countenance, before the riches of Egypt with his frowns.

V. THe Lord shews himself upright to the upright man, In comforting ¹him in his straits, Psal. 116. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple, (that is, the upright) I was brought low and he helped me. His integrity freeth him not from the common infirmities of mankind, as wants, sickness, prisons, losses, crosses, unkindnesses, and death it self at last: but his God takes special care to support and comfort him, and at length deliver him. In all these storms he is sure of Sunshine, and you know the Sun-beams when it shines, do guild every drop that the clouds pour down, and make the storm as a calm: So the face and favour of God, doth refresh the upright in heart, for