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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.
4. Christ hath suffered more for his Spouse, than ever any Husband did for a Wife; he suffered poverty and ignominy: He who crowned the heavens with stars, was himself crowned with* thorns: He was called a companion of sinners, that we might be made companions of Angels; he was regardless of his life; he leaped into the Sea of his Fathers wrath to save his Spouse from drowning.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]. Chrysost.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Chrysost.
5. Christs love doth not end with his life. He loves his Spouse for ever, Hos. 2. 19. I will betroth thee unto me for ever. Well may the Apostle call it, a love that passeth knowledge, Eph. 3. 19.
5. Christs love doth not end with his life. He loves his Spouse for ever, Hos. 2. 19. I will betroath thee unto me for ever. Well may the Apostle call it, a love that passeth knowledge, Eph. 3. 19.
3. See how rich believers are,1 they are matched into the Crown of Heaven, and by virtue of the Conjugal Union all Christs riches go to believers, Communion is founded in Union. Christ communicates his Graces,