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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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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.
5. God calls the upright man1 perfect, because he intends to make him so. Christ calls his Spouse his undefiled, Cant. 5. 2. Open to me my dove, my undefiled, or as the original word is [Greek or Hebrew], my perfect; not that the Spouse is so, she hath her [Greek or Hebrew], her spots and blemishes, but yet undefiled, because Christ intends to make her so. God hath chosen us to perfection*, Eph. 1. 4. a limner that hath begun the rude draught of a picture, he looks upon it what he intends to make it; ⟨p. 47⟩he intends to lay it in its own orient colours; in this life there is but the first draught, the imperfect lineaments of grace drawn in our souls, yet God calls us perfect, because he intends by the pencil of the holy Ghost to draw us out in our orient beauty, and lay the Vermilion colour of glory upon us. Thus the upright man is perfect, it is as sure to be done as if it were done already.
5. God calls the upright man1 perfect, because he intends to make him so. Christ calls his Spouse his undesiled, Cant. 5. 2. Open to me my dove, my undefiled, or as the original word is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, my perfect; not that the Spouse is so, she hath her 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, her spots and blemishes, but yet undefiled, because Christ intends to make her so. God hath chosen us to perfection*, Eph. 1. 4. a limner that hath begun the rude draught of a picture, he looks upon it what he intends to make it; ⟨p. 47⟩