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

Jeremiah, that (weeping Prophet) makes the Churches miseries his own, Lam. 3. 1. I am the man that have seen affliction. He suffered least in his own person, for he had a protection granted; the King gave order that he should be well looked to, Jer. 39. 11, 12. but he felt most in regard of sympathy. Though they were Sihon's miseries, they were Jeremies lamentations; he felt Israels hard cords through his soft bed. Nehemiah lays to heart the miseries of the Church, his complexion begins to alter, and he looks sad, Nehem. 2. 3. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the City, ⟨p. 30⟩the place of my fathers Sepulchres lies waste? What, sad when the Kings Cup-bearer, and wine so near? Oh but it fared ill with the Church of God, therefore he grows weary of the Court, he leaves his wine, and mingles his drink with weeping. Here was an upright man.

Jeremy, that (weeping Prophet) makes the Churches miseries his own, Lam. 3. 1. I am the man that have seen affliction. He suffered least in his own person, for he had a protection granted; the King gave order that he should be well look'd to, Jer. 39. 11, 12. but he felt most in regard of sympathy. Though they were Sihons miseries, they were Jeremies lamentations; he felt Israels hard cords through his soft bed. Nehemiah lays to heart the miseries of the Church, his complexion begins to alter, and he looks sad, Nehem. 2. 3. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the City, ⟨p. 30⟩the place of my fathers Sepulchres lies waste? What, sad when the Kings Cup-bearer, and wine so neare? Oh but it fared ill with the Church of God, therefore he grows weary of the Court, he leaves his wine, and mingles his drink with weeping. Here was an upright man.