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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2. The upright man is perfect1 comparatively in regard of others. Thus Noah was perfect in his generation, Gen. 6. 9. Noah compared with the profane world, was a perfect man; gold in the oar compared with lead or brass is perfect; a field of wheat, though it may have some thistles growing in it, yet compared with a field of tares, is perfect.
2. The upright man is perfect1 comparatively in regard of others. Thus Noah was perfect in his generation, Gen. 6. 9. Noah compared with the prophane world, was a perfect man; gold in the oare compared with lead or brasse is perfect; a field of wheat, though it may have some thistles growing in it, yet compar'd with a field of tares, is perfect.
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3. The upright man is perfect in1 regard of his aims; he doth collimare, level at the mark of perfection: The upright man breaths after perfection; and therefore he is said not to sin, 1 John 3. 9. because though he be not without sin, yet his will is against sin*; he hath voted sin down, though this bosom traitor rebels. When he fails, he weeps; and this is a Gospel perfection.
3. The upright man is perfect in1