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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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III. An upright man works from an upright principle: and that is, Faith working by love, Galat. 5. 6.
1. He acts from a principle of Faith*, Hab. 2. 4. The just shall live ⟨p. 11⟩by his faith. The upright man, 1. Hears in faith; 'tis called the hearing of faith, Gal. 3. 2. verbum fide degerendum*, faith concocts the word. 2. He prays in faith; 'tis called the prayer of faith, James 5. 15. David sprinkles faith in his prayer, Ps. 51. 7. Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me, &c. in the Hebrew it runs in the future, [Greek or Hebrew]; Thou shalt purge 3me, thou shalt wash me. It is vox credentis, the voice of one that believes as well as prays; prayer is the arrow, and faith is the bow out of which we shoot to the Throne of grace; a faithless prayer is a fruitless prayer. Prayer without faith is like a Gun discharged without a bullet. The upright man prays in faith. 3. He weeps in faith, Mark 9. 24. The father of the child cried out with tears, Lord I believe. When his tears dropped to the earth, his faith reached heaven.
1. He acts from a principle of Faith*