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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.
And so much for the first part of my text. The upright mans Character.
I proceed now briefly to the second,1 which is the upright mans Crown in these words, [Greek or Hebrew]. The end of that man is peace; as the upright is honourable while he lives, he is perfect; so he is happy when he dies. His end is peace. The word [Greek or Hebrew], peace, incircles all blessedness in it. The ⟨p. 48⟩end of that man is peace; a wise man looks to the end of a thing, Eccles. 7. 8. better is the end of a thing then the beginning. So peaceable is the end of an upright man, that Balaam desired it, Numb. 23. 10. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.
I proceed now briefly to the second,1 which is the upright mans Crown in these words, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. The end of that man is peace; as the upright is honorable while he lives, he is perfect; so he is happy when he dies. His end is peace. The word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, peace, incircles all blessednesse in it. The ⟨p. 48⟩end of that man is peace; a wise man looks to the end of a thing, Eccles. 7. 8. better is the end of a thing then the beginning. So peaceable is the end of an upright man, that Balaam desired it,