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The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the…
The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the right Honourable the Lord Major, and the aldermen of the City of London, March 29. 1657. / By Thomas Watson minister of Stephens Walbrook London.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1657
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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. Who this upright man is. I1 shall show you the innocency of Christs dove; we live in an age wherein most pretend to Saint-ship, but 'tis to be feared they are not upright Saints; but, like the woman in the Gospel, whom Satan bowed together, Luke 13. 11. I shall give you several [Greek or Hebrew], or Characteristical signs of an upright Christian.
1. Who this upright man is. I1 shall shew you the innocency of Christs dove; we live in an age wherein most pretend to Saint-ship, but 'tis to be feared they are not upright Saints; but, like the woman in the Gospel, whom Satan bowed together, Luke 13. 11. I shall give you several 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or Characteristical signs of an upright Christian.
- 11. The upright mans Character.
I. The upright man, his heart 1is for God. Hence that phrase, [Greek or Hebrew], upright in heart, Psal. 64. 10. 'Tis the heart God calls for, Prov. 23. 26. My son give me thy heart; the heart is a Virgin, hath many suitors, and among the rest, God himself becomes a suitor. The heart is like the primum mobile, which carries all the others Orbs along ⟨p. 5⟩with it. If the heart be for God, then our tears, our alms, all is for God. The heart is the Fort Royal that commands all the rest. The high-Priest when he was to cut up the beast for sacrifice, the first thing he looked upon was the heart, and if that had any blemish, it was rejected. 'Tis not the gift, but the heart God respects