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

XV. An upright man endeavours¹ to make others upright; 'tis his work to make crooked things straight^*. Where there is life, there is a power of propagation, 1 Cor. 4. 14. In Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel; a good man labours to make others good; as fire doth assimilate, and turn every thing into its own nature. Luke 22. 32. When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. The upright man is in the place of God to his brother, he increaseth his knowledge, confirms his faith, inflames his love; if he sees his brother declining, he labours to reduce him; when the house begins to lean, you put under a strait piece of timber ⟨p. 43⟩to support it. Another beginning to lean to error; the upright Christian, as strait timber doth underprop and support him.

XV. An upright man endeavours¹ to make others upright; 'tis his work to make crooked things streight^*. Where there is life, there is a power of propagation, 1 Cor. 4. 14. In Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel; a good man labours to make others good; as fire doth assimilate, and turn every thing into its own nature. Luke 22. 32. When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. The upright man is in the place of God to his brother, he increaseth his knowledge, confirmes his faith, enflames his love; if he sees his brother declining, he labours to reduce him; when the house begins to leane, you put under a strait piece of timber ⟨p. 43⟩to support it. Another begining to lean to errour; the upright Christian, as strait timber doth underprop and support him.