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

Name: The upright mans character and crown. Preached in a sermon at Pauls before the…
Author: Thomas Watson

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.

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1657

[8], 54 p. · 8.8k words · Wing W1146 · ESTC R204062

Title page typeset from the transcription.

THE UPRIGHT MANS CHARACTER.

Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.

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And thus I have set before you the upright man, he is worth a marking and beholding. I have drawn the upright mans picture; and the use I would make of all is this, that¹ you would fall in love with this picture, and that you would endeavour to resemble it.

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And there is a great Motive in¹ the text to make you fall in love with uprightness▪ See what a badge of honour is put upon the upright man. God calls him perfect, [Greek or Hebrew], Mark the perfect man.

And there is a great Motive in¹ the text to make you fall in love with uprightnesse▪ See what a badge of honour is put upon the upright man. God calls him perfect, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Mark the perfect man.

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Quest. But can any man be perfect¹ in this life? Who can say I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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