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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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Dedication: TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Robert Tichborn Lord Mayor; The Right Worshipful the Sheriffs,…
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Robert Tichborn Lord Mayor; The Right Worshipful the Sheriffs, with the rest of the Aldermen of the famous City of LONDON.
Right Honourable, and Right Worshipful,
I Have been unwillingly drawn forth to this work, wherein I must expose some of my unpolished thoughts to the ⟨image 3⟩public view, but your injunction, together with the weightiness of the subject, did at last prevail with me; if there be any thing of moment to be looked after, it is truth in the inward parts, by this we resemble him who is Truth; and without it our title to heaven is but forged. Aquinas tells us, error in principio gravissimus; 'tis dangerous to err in principles. How many glorious frontispieces of profession have fallen, because built upon unsound and cracked foundations; it is the design of this ensuing discourse to Characterize, and decipher ⟨image 3⟩the upright man: He is undiquaque insignis; his Motto may be semper idem, like Aristotle's [Greek or Hebrew] throw him which way you will, he is still upright. We have many sights to be seen in this City, but if there be any show worth seeing, it is to behold the upright man, who hath the Spirit of glory, and of God resting on him. Uprightness is that currant coin which hath Gods impress stamped upon it, and though it may want something of angelical perfection, yet it shall always have grains of