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The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May…
The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May 1. 1656. At the funeral of Thomas Hodges Esquire. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook, in the city of London.The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May 1. 1656. At the funeral of Thomas Hodges Esquire. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook, in the citie of London.
London: printed for Joseph Crawford, 1656
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THE CROWN OF Righteousness.
2 TIM. 4. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judg shall give me at that day.
2 TIM. 4. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousnesse, which the Lord the righteous Judg shall give me at that day.
The wise GOD, that he may invite and encourage the sons of men to holiness of life, is pleased to set before their eyes the recompense of reward, that if the equity of his Precepts doth not prevail, the excellency of his Promise may. God will have his people Volunteers in Religion, *not forced with fear, but drawn with love; therefore he works upon them in such a way as is most alluring and persuasive: he would ⟨p. 2⟩catch men with a golden bait, and tempt them to obedience by showing them what is laid up in heaven for them; so in the Text, Henceforth there is a Crown of Righteousness laid up, &c. A Crown? Oh infinite! for a Delinquent to have a pardon is well, but to have a Crown set upon him, is no less rare, then stupendous.