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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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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? Prov. 20. 9.
Quest. But can any man be perfect1 in this life? Who can say I have made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sin? Prov. 20. 9.
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Answ. Far be it from me to hold1 with the Katharists and Familists, ⟨p. 44⟩that a Christian is pure from sin in this life. If there were no Bible to confute that opinion, a Christians own experience might do it. We find the continual ebullitions, and motions of sin working in our members. Paul cries out of a body of death, Rom. 7. 24. The Saints, though they are comely, yet black *;2—Grace in this life is like gold in the oar, full of mixture; but yet in an evangelical sense, the upright man is said to be perfect, and that five manner of ways.
Answ. Far be it from me to hold1 with the Katharists and Familists, ⟨p. 44⟩