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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
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 called Truth, 1 Sam. 12. 24.—Serve him in truth. Now Truth moral is •he conformity of the mind and heart, to things said and done; when therefore the heart prays with the tongue, when the heart obeys with the hand, when we do •he things of God heartily as to the Lord. •his is to serve him in truth and uprightly.
1. It is called Truth, 1 Sam. 12. 24.—Serve him in truth. Now Truth moral is •he conformity of the mind and heart, to •hings said and done; when therefore the •eart prayes with the tongue, when the •eart obeys with the hand, when we do •he things of God heartily as to the Lord. •his is to serve him in truth and up•ightly.
And this sure is the sense of that, Heb. •0. 22. Let us draw near with a true heart. •t is our sin and folly to keep at distance •rom God, both in and out of his service, ⟨p. 10⟩afraid, or loth to come up. It is Gods w• that we should draw near, and nearer ye• and that with a true heart: a true-hearte• man at a Prayer does the work, when m ny of great appearances do but beat t Air.