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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
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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. In case of desertion: Christ may (for ends best known to himself) step aside for a time; Cant. 5. 6. My beloved had withdrawn himself; say not therefore Christ is quite gone: 'Tis a fruit of jealousy in a Wife, when her Husband hath left her a while, to think he is quite gone from her: Upon every removal out of sight, for us to say (as Zion) The Lord hath forsaken me, Isa. 49. 14. This is jealousy, and it is a wrong done to the love of Christ, and the sweetness of this Marriage-Relation: Christ may forsake his Spouse in regard of comfort, but he will not forsake her in regard of union: An Husband may be a thousand miles distant from his Wife, but still he is an Husband: Christ may leave his Spouse, but still the Marriage Knot holds.
2. In case of desertion: Christ may (for ends best known to himself) step aside for a time; Cant. 5. 6. My beloved had withdrawn himself; say not therefore Christ is quite gone: 'Tis a fruit of jealousie in a Wife, when her Husband hath left her a while, to think he is quite gone from her: Upon every removal out of sight, for us to say (as Sion) The Lord hath forsaken me, Isa. 49. 14. This is jealousie, and it is a wrong done to the love of Christ, and the sweetness of this Marriage-Relation: Christ may forsake his Spouse in regard of comfort, but he will not forsake her in regard of union: An Husband may be a thousand miles distant from his Wife, but still he is an Husband: Christ may leave his Spouse, but still the Marriage Knot holds.
2. Love your Husband Christ,1 Cant. 2. 5. love him, though he be reproached and persecuted: A Wife loves her Husband when in prison: To inflame your love towards Christ, consider, 1. Nothing else is fit for you to love: If Christ be your Husband, it is not