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

What shall we think of such as instead of scattering abroad the seeds of mercy and compassion to others care not how they they wrong others^*; are these to be accounted upright? Christ made himself poor to make us rich^*; and these make others poor, to make themselves rich; instead of giving the poor a covering^*; they take away their covering from them; like the Hedgehog that rolls and laps it self in its own soft down, and turns out the bristles to others; an emblem of these, who if they may gratify themselves, they turn out the bristles, ⟨p. 36⟩they care not what mischief or prejudice they do to others. These are these who raise the honour of their own families out of the ruin of others. They are not birds of Paradise, but birds of prey; and which is worse, to do this under the mask of profession, this is just as if a thief should commit a robbery in the Judges own robes; or as if a woman should play the harlot, having the Bible lying before her. These are none of the race of the upright. The upright man is a [Greek or Hebrew], a public good in the place where he lives; he is given to works of mercy, he is like God who makes his springs to run among the Valleys, Psal. 104. 10. so doth the upright man make his springs of charity to run among the valleys of poverty.

What shall we think of such as instead of scattering abroad the seeds of mercy and compassion to others care not how they they wrong others^*; are these to be accounted upright? Christ made himself poore to make us rich^*; and these make others poore, to make themselves rich; instead of giving the poore a covering^*; they take away their covering from them; like the Hedghog that rolls and laps it self in its own soft doune, and turnes out the bristles to others; an embleme of these, who if they may gratifie themselves, they turne out the bristles,