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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.
An hypocrite is known by his ⟨p. 15⟩squint eye; he doth not look right forward to the glory of God, but he looks a-squint to his own private interest; he spurs on Religion through the stage of some politic design, and then turns it off again.
An hypocrite is known by his ⟨p. 15⟩squint eye; he doth not look right forward to the glory of God, but he looks a-squint to his own private interest; he spurres on Religion through the stage of some politick designe, and then turnes it off again.
The hypocrite serves God, 1. For gain. He looks at the emoluments1 and profits which come in by Religion; 'tis not the power of godliness the hypocrite loves, but the gain of godliness; 'tis not the fire of the Altar, but the gold of the Altar which he adores. This is a religious wickedness. *Ephraim is an heifer that loves to tread out the corn, Hosea 10. 11. God made a Law▪ Deut. 25. 4. that the ox, while he was treading out the corn, should not be muzzled, he might eat as much as he would. Ephraim liked this; hypocrites love Religion for the provender it brings; 'tis the loaves not the miracles draw them to Christ▪ Demetrius ⟨p. 16⟩cries up the goddess Diana, Act. 19. 27