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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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What shall we say to self-interested men? are these upright? All 1seek their own, Phil. 2. 21. you may as well extract oil out of a flint, as a drop of charity from them. Some observe the ground is most barren near golden mines; and indeed it is too often so in a spiritual sense; those whom God hath most enriched with estates, are most barren in ⟨p. 35⟩good works. How can he say he hath an upright heart, that hath a withered hand? how dares he say he loves God in sincerity? 1 Joh. 3. 17. Who so hath this worlds good, and sees his brother in need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?
What shall we say to self-interested men? are these upright? All 1seek their own, Phil. 2. 21. you may as well extract oyl out of a flint, as a drop of charity from them. Some observe the ground is most barren near golden mines; and indeed it is too often so in a spiritual sence; those whom God hath most enriched with estates, are most barren in ⟨p. 35⟩good works. How can he say he hath an upright heart, that hath a withered hand? how dares he say he loves God in sincerity? 1 Joh. 3. 17. Who so hath this worlds good, and sees his brother in need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?
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