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The Godly Man's Picture
The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pencil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pensil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1666
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.
Holiness is a mans glory: Aaron put on garments for glory and beauty, Exod. 28. 2. So when a person is invested with the embroidered garment of Holiness, it is for glory and beauty.
The goodness of a Christian lies in his Holiness, as the goodness of the Air lies in the clearness of it; the worth of gold in the pureness.
Quest. Wherein do the godly discover their holiness?
Answ. 1. In hating the garment spotted by the flesh, Jude 3. The godly do set themselves against evil, both in purpose and practise; they are fearful of that which looks like sin, 1 Thes. 5. 22. The appearance of evil may prejudice a weak Christian: If it doth not defile a mans own Conscience, it may offend his Brothers Conscience; and to sin against him, is to sin against Christ, 1 Cor. 8. 12. A godly man will not go as far as he may, least he go further than he should; he will not swallow down all that others (bribed with preferment) may plead for: 'Tis easy to put a golden colour upon a rotten stuff.