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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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The upright man will not go by these rules, but leaving such false guides he makes the Word of God his star to follow. This is the Judge and Umpire of all his actions, To 1the Law, to the Testimony, Isaiah 8. 20. The Old and New Testament are ⟨p. 10⟩the two lips by which God speaks to us, and are the pair of Compasses, by which the upright man draws the whole circumference of his life.
The upright man will not go by these rules, but leaving such false guides he makes the Word of God his star to follow. This is the Judge and Umpire of all his actions, To 1the Law, to the Testimony, Esay 8. 20. The Old and New Testament are ⟨p. 10⟩the two lips by which God speaks to us, and are the paire of Compasses, by which the upright man draws the whole circumference of his life.
- 1* Sint castae delitiaemeae Scripturae, Aug.
The Montanists and Enthusiasts talk of revelations, and some now a days of a light within them; the canon of Scripture is above any revelation. The Apostle speaks of a voice from heaven, 2 Pet. 1. 18.1 and this voice which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy Mount; yet, saith he, we have, [Greek or Hebrew], a more sure word. The Word of God2 ought to be more sacred, and infallible to us, then a voice from heaven.