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…

2. While your heart is right with God, heed not the censures of men. Who more upright than Job? yet hypocrisy was his charge, an hypocrite was his badge; so David, so our dear Lord Jesus himself. The malicious world will be sure (as was said) to charge those faults on you, whereof there is no clearing in this life. Resolve with Paul, 1 Cor. 4. 3. But with me it is a very small thing, that I should be judged of you, or of mans judgment, but he that judgeth me is the Lord. We shall at last fall to an equal sentence, and till then we have reason to rejoice, that we are counted worthy to suffer this reproach for his Names sake. Nazianzen saith, we must be dunged with reproaches, that we may be more fruitful.

2. While your heart is right with God, heed not the censures of men. Who more upright than Job? yet hypocrisie was his charge, an hypocrite was his badge; so David, so our dear Lord Jesus himself. The malicious world will be sure (as was said) to charge those faults on you, whereof there is no clearing in this life. Resolve with Paul, 1 Cor. 4. 3. But with me it is a very small thing, that I should be judged of you, or of mans judgment, but he that judgeth me is the Lord. We shall at last fall to an equal sentence, and till then we have reason to rejoyce, that we are counted worthy to suffer this reproach for his Names sake. Nazianzen saith, we must be dung'd with reproaches, that we may be more fruitful.

Doubt. 3. The cry of my own Conscience: And if a mans heart condemn him, who can acquit him? this hath always been my fear, and who can clear him that is condemned of himself?

Doubt. 3. The cry of my own Conscience: And if a mans heart condemn him, who can acquit him? this hath alwayes been my fear, and who can clear him that is condemn'd of himself?