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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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5. If we are prizers of Christ, then we will part with our dearest lusts for him. Paul saith of the Galatians, they did so esteem him, that they were ready to have pulled out their own eyes, and have given him, Gal. 4, 15. He who esteems Christ, will pull out that lust, which is his right eye. A wise man will throw away a poison for a cordial: He who sets an high value upon Christ, will part with his pride, unjust gain, sinful† fashions: He will set his feet upon the neck of his sins.
5. If we are prizers of Christ, then we will part with our dearest lusts for him. Paul saith of the Galathians, they did so esteem him, that they were ready to have pulled out their own eyes, and have given him, Gal. 4, 15. He who esteems Christ, will pull out that lust, which is his right eye. A wise man will throw away a poyson for a cordial: He who sets an high value upon Christ, will part with his pride, unjust gain, sinful† fashions: He will set his feet upon the neck of his sins.
Try by this! How can they be said to prize Christ, who will not leave a vanity for him? Not a spot in the face, not an oath, not an intemperate cup: What a scorn and contempt do they put upon the Lord Jesus, who prefer a damning lust, before a saving Christ.