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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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XII. The upright man is progressive1 in holiness; he pursues after further degrees of sanctity; ⟨p. 37⟩Job 17. 9. He that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. Uprightness is in the heart, as seed in the earth, which will increase, Col. 2. 9. unsound Christians rest in some faint desires and formalities; it is with hypocrites as with the body in an Atrophy, which though it receives food, yet thrives not. The upright Christian follows on to know the Lord, Hosea 6. 3. It was Charles the fifths Motto, plus ultra, on further. They say of the Crocodile, it hath never done growing *Hierom writes of Paulinus, that in the first part of his life he excelled others, in the latter part he excelled himself*. The upright man is not like Hezekiahs Sun, which went backward, nor like Joshua's Sun, which stood still; but like Davids Sun, which goes forward, and as a champion doth run his race*.
XII. The upright man is progressive1 in holinesse; he pursues after further degrees of sanctity; ⟨p. 37⟩Job 17. 9. He that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. Uprightnesse is in the heart, as seed in the earth, which will increase, Col. 2. 9. unsound Christians rest in some faint desires and formalities; it is with hypocrites as with the body in an Atrophy, which though it receives food, yet thrives not. The upright Christian follows on to know the Lord,