The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the…

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^*. This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, Isaiah 29. 13. they did movere, not vivere; like the finger that moves upon the Dial, but there is no life within; or like the tombs in the Church which have their eyes and hands lifted up to heaven, but no heart to animate that devotion^*. in Religion the heart is all, Ephes. 5. 19. Making melody in your hearts to the Lord. 'Tis the heart makes the music. The upright man gives God his heart. 'Tis reported of Cranmer, that after his flesh and bones were consumed in ⟨p. 6⟩the flame, his heart was found whole: so an upright man in the midst of his infirmities, his heart is kept whole for God, he hath not [Greek or Hebrew], Psalm 12. 2. an heart, and an heart; an heart for God, and for sin. God loves a broken heart, not a divided heart^*.