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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.
Answ. In seven respects.
1. A servant leaves all other, and confines himself to one Master: so a godly man •eaves the service of sin, and betakes himself •o the service of God, Rom. 6. 22. Sin is a tyrannizing thing; a sinner is a slave, when he •ins with most† freedom: The wages which sin gives, may deter us from its service, Rom. •. 23. The wages of sin is death. Here is damnable pay! A godly man Lists himself […] Gods Family, and is one of his menial servants, Psalm 116. 16. O Lord, truly I am thy servant, I am thy servant. David useth an insemination; as if he had said, Lord, I have •aken earnest, none else can lay claim to me; ••y ear is bored to thy service.
1. A servant leaves all other, and confines himself to one Master: so a godly man •eaves the service of sin, and betakes himself •o the service of God, Rom. 6. 22. Sin is a tyrannizing thing; a sinner is a slave, when he •ins with most† freedome: The wages which sin gives, may deter us from its service, Rom. •. 23. The wages of sin is death. Here is •amnable pay! A godly man Lists himself Gods Family, and is one of his menial serants,