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 single Christ is enough for a single heart; hence holy David prays, Psal. 86. 11. Unite my heart to fear thy Name, Let me have but one heart and mind, and let that be thine. As there are thousands of Beams and Rays, yet they all meet and centre in the Sun; so an upright man, though he hath a thousand thoughts, yet they all (by his good will) meet in God. Subordinate ends, he hath many, to procure a livelihood, to preserve his credit, to provide for his children, but Supreme end he hath none, but God alone. Hence, that Steadiness in his Resolutions, that Undistractedness in his holy duties, that Consistency in his Actions, and that Evenness in the frame of his Heart, which miserable hypocrites cannot attain.

A single Christ is enough for a single heart; hence holy David prayes, Psal. 86. 11. Unite my heart to fear thy Name, Let me have but one heart and mind, and let that be thine. As there are thousands of Beams and Rayes, yet they all meet and center in the Sun; so an upright man, though he hath a thousand thoughts, yet they all (by his good will) meet in God. Subordinate ends, he hath many, to procure a livelihood, to preserve his credit, to provide for his children, but Supreme end he hath none, but God alone. Hence, that Steadiness in his Resolutions, that Undistractedness in his holy duties, that Consistency in his Actions, and that Evenness in the frame of his Heart, which miserable hypocrites cannot attain.

2. An Upright Heart is Sound without Rottenness, Psal. 119. 80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed. The more sincerity the less shame. Integrity is the great author of confidence. Every frost shakes an unsound body, and every trial shakes an unsound soul. An upright man hath not always so pure a colour as an hypocrite may have, but his ⟨p. 22⟩