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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. God in forgiving sin, remits the guilt and penalty. Guilt cries for justice; no sooner had Adam eaten the Apple, but he saw the flaming sword, and heard the Curse; but in remission God doth indulge the sinner; he seems to say thus to him, Though thou art fallen into the hands of my Justice, ⟨p. 3⟩and deservest to die, yet I will absolve thee, and whatever is charged upon thee, shall be discharged.
3. Forgiveness of sin is through the blood §3of Christ. Free grace is the impulsive cause, Christs* blood is the meritorious. Heb. 9. 22: Without shedding of blood is no remission. Justice would be revenged either on the sinner or the surety. Every pardon is the price of blood.
- *Christus se in cruce Deo oblatus est sacrificium [Greek or Hebrew], sic nostra pians peccata. Maresius de ver. rel. lib. 3.Christus se in cruce Deo oblatus est sacrificium 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sic nostra pians peccata. Maresius de ver. rel. lib. 3.