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A96110 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. Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1657 (1657) Wing W1146; Thomason E1610_3; ESTC R204062 19,344 63

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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 Quid sinceritate divitius quae satis sibi abundat sua puritate contenta est non abrodit haec virtas nec se invarias artes commutat Quid fortius nam timere non novit Hierom. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely Prov. 10. 9. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightnesse then he that is perverse in his wayes though he be rich Prov. 28. 6. London Printed for Ralph Smith at the Bible in Cornhill neer the Royal Exchange 1657. 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 publick 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 look'd 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 't is dangerous to erre in principles How many glorious frontispieces of profession have fallen because built upon unsound and crack'd foundations it is the designe of this ensuing discourse to Characterize and decipher the upright man He is undiquaque insignis his Motto may be semper idem like Aristotles {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} throw him which way you will he is still upright We have many sights to be seene in this City but if there be any shew worth seeing it is to behold the upright man who hath the Spirit of glory and of God resting on him Vprightnesse is that currant coyne which hath Gods impresse stamped upon it and though it may want something of angelical perfection yet it shall alwayes have graines of allowance Vprightnesse will not onely secure our selves but it will entaile a blessing upon our Posterity Proverbs 20. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity his seed are blessed after him I have made some little alteration in this Sermon and have inserted one or two Characters more because else the worke had been incompleat and the upright man would not have been perfect What I preached to your eares I now present to your eyes and that you may be transformed into the similitude of it shall be the prayer of him who is Your Honours and Worships in all Gospel-service THOMAS WATSON From my Study at Steph. Walbrook this 19. of June 1657. THE UPRIGHT MANS CHARACTER PSAL. 37. 37. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace SIncerity is of Universal importance to a Christian 'T is the sauce which seasons Religion and makes it savoury Sincerity is the Jewel that God is most delighted with Psalm 51. 6. Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts and to speak plain all our pompous shew of holinesse without this soul of sincerity to enliven it is but folly set forth in its embroydery 't is but going to hell in a more devout manner then others The consideration of which hath put me upon this subject in this place of solemne worship and concourse and to quicken your attention you have God himselfe calling to you to take notice in these words observa integrum Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace The Hebrew word for upright {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} hath two significations 1. It signifies plainesse of heart the upright man is not pleated in folds * he is without collusion or double-dealing In his Spirit there is no guile Psal. 32. 2. That verse in Virgil suits too many Spem vultu simulat praemit altum corde dolorem The upright man hath no Subterfuges his tongue and his heart go together as a well-made Dial goes with the Sunne he is down-right upright 2. This word Upright signifies a man approved the upright man is one whom God thinks highly of and better have Gods approbation then the worlds acclamation the plainer the Diamond is the richer and the more plaine the heart is the more it shines in Gods eyes In the words there are three parts 1. The Prospect the Upright man 2. The Aspect Behold 3. The Reason for the end of that man is peace Or thus 1. Here is the godly mans Character He is upright 2. His Crown the end of that man is peace The words present us with this doctrinal conclusion The end of an upright man is crowned with peace That I may illustrate this I shall shew you 1. Who this upright man is that we may know him when we meet him 2. The blessed end he makes {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the end of that man is peace 1. Who this upright man is I shall shew you the innocency of Christs dove we live in an age wherein most pretend to Saint-ship but 't is to be feared they are not upright Saints but like the woman in the Gospel whom Satan bowed together Luke 13. 11. I shall give you several {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or Characteristical signs of an upright Christian I. The upright man his heart is for God Hence that phrase {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} upright in heart Psal. 64. 10. 'T is the heart God calls for Prov. 23. 26. My sonne give me thy heart the heart is a Virgin hath many suitors and among the rest God himself becomes a suitor The heart is like the primum mobile which carries all the others Orbes along with it If the heart be for God then our teares our almes all is for God The heart is the Fort-royal that commands all the rest The high-Priest when he was to cut up the beast for sacrifice the first thing he looked upon was the heart and if that had any blemish it was rejected 'T is not the guift but the heart God respects * This people honour me with their lips but their heart is removed farre from me Esay 29. 13. they did movere not vivere like the finger that moves upon the Dial but there is no life within or like the tombs in the Church which have their eyes and hands lifted up to heaven but no heart to animate that devotion * in Religion the heart is all Ephes. 5. 19. Making melody in your hearts to the Lord 'T is the heart makes the musick The upright man gives God his heart 'T is reported of Cranmer that after his flesh and bones were consum'd in the flame his heart was found whole so an upright man in the midst of his infirmities his