The crown of righteousness. Set forth in a sermon preached at Stephens Walbrook, May…

1. If you would wear the Crown of Righteousness, ¹find in your hearts the work of Righteousness, Isa. 32. 17. That is, the work of Grace wrought in you; and this Work must be evidenced by a mighty change; which is sometimes called an ingrafting, sometimes a Transforming. Grace makes a Metamorphosis; ^pit produceth in the Soul a configuration, and likeness to Christ; first there must be a Consecrating work, before a Crowning work. We read in Scripture in the solemn inauguration of their Kings, first they anointed them, and then they Crowned them. Z•dock the Priest took an horn of oil out of the Tabernacle, and anointed solomon; ³and after that he was Crowned: So there must be the unction of the Spirit^*, ^qfirst God powers on us the anointing oil of grace, and after the horn of oil, then comes the Crown.

1. If you would wear the Crown of Righteousnesse, ¹find in your hearts the work of Righteousness, Isa. 32. 17. That is, the work of Grace wrought in you; and this Work must be evidenced by a mighty change; which is somtimes called an ingrafting, somtimes a Transforming. Grace makes a Metamorphise; ^pit produceth in the Soul a configuration, and likeness to Christ; first there must be a Consecrating work, before a Crowning work. We read in Scripture in the solemne inauguration of their Kings, first they anointed them, and then they Crown'd them. Z•dock the Priest took an horn of oile out of the Tabernacle, and anointed solomon;