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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.
2. Honour. David the King professeth himself one of Gods Pensioners, Psal. 143. 12. I am thy †servant. St. Paul, when he would blaze his Coat of Arms, and set forth his best Heraldry, he doth not call himself Paul, •n Hebrew of the Hebrews, or Paul of the ⟨p. 48⟩Tribe of Benjamin, but Paul a servant of Christ, Rom. 1. 1. Theodosius thought it a greater dignity to be Gods servant, than to be an* Emperor. Christ himself, who is equal with his Father, yet is not ashamed of the Title Servant, Isa. 53. 11. Every servant of God is a Son, every subject a Prince: 'Tis more honour to serve God, than to have Kings serve us: The Angels in Heaven are servitors to the Saints on† earth.
2. Honour. David the King professeth himself one of Gods Pensioners, Psal. 143. 12. I am thy †servant. St. Paul, when he would blaze his Coat of Arms, and set forth his best Heraldry, he doth not call himself Paul, •n Hebrew of the Hebrews, or Paul of the ⟨p. 48⟩Tribe of Benjamin, but Paul a servant of Christ, Rom. 1. 1. Theodosius thought it a greater dignity to be Gods servant, than to be an*