The Godly Man's Picture

3. Sincerity is our safety; false hearts that will step out of Gods way, and use carnal policy, when they think to be most safe, they are least secure; he that walketh purely, walketh surely, Pro. 10. 9. A sincere Christian will do nothing but what the word warrants, and that is safe, as to the Conscience: Nay, oftentimes such as are upright in their way, the Lord takes care of their outward safety, Psal. 4. I laid me down and slept. David was now beleaguered with Enemies, yet God did so encamp about him by his Providence, that he could sleep securely as in a Garrison: Ver. 5. The Lord sustained me: The only way to be safe, is to be sincere.

3. Sincerity is our safety; false hearts that will step out of Gods way, and use carnal policy, when they think to be most safe, they are least secure; he that walketh purely, walketh surely, Pro. 10. 9. A sincere Christian will do nothing but what the word warrants, and that is safe, as to the Conscience: Nay, oftentimes such as are upright in their way, the Lord takes care of their outward safety, Psal. 4. I laid me down and slept. David was now beleaguer'd with Enemies, yet God did so incamp about him by his Providence, that he could sleep securely as in a Garrison: Ver. 5. The Lord sustained me: The only way to be safe, is to be sincere.

4. Sincerity is Gospel perfection, Job 1. 8. Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect, and an upright man. Though a Christian be full of infirmities, and like a Child that is put ⟨p. 137⟩