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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. He hath peace with conscience;1 1 John 5. 10. He that believes hath the witness in himself; his end must needs be peace that hath a smiling God, and a smiling conscience. ⟨p. 46⟩Austin *calls it the Paradise of a good conscience; a godly man is in this Paradise before he dies. What sweet music doth the bird of conscience make in the breast of a believer! be of good comfort saith conscience, thou hast walked uprightly in a crooked generation, fear not death. This is [Greek or Hebrew], the fore-taste of heaven; here is Manna in the golden pot; he that dies with peace of conscience, flies to heaven as Noah's Dove to the Ark with an Olive-branch in his mouth.
2. He hath peace with conscience;1 1 John 5. 10. He that beleeves hath the witnesse in himself; his end must needs be peace that hath a smiling God, and a smiling conscience. ⟨p. 46⟩Austin *calls it the Paradise of a good conscience; a godly man is in this Paradise before he dies. What sweet musick doth the bird of conscience make in the breast of a beleever! be of good comfort saith conscience, thou hast walk'd uprightly in a crooked generation, fear not death. This is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the fore-taste of heaven; here is Manna in the golden pot; he that dies with peace of conscience, flies to heaven as Noahs Dove to the Ark with an Olive-branch in his mouth.
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- *Laetitia bonae conscientiae Paradisus. Aug.