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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.
4. Gods Spirit hath a Jurisdictive virtue it rules and governs; Gods Spirit sits paramount in the† soul, it gives check to th• violence of corruption, it will not suffer man to be vain and loose as others: The Sp• rit of God will not be put out of office, exerciseth its authority over the heart, bringing every thought to the obedience of Chri•• 2 Cor. 10. 5.
- †Spiritus Dei habitat in nobis quia regit, & gubernat. Paraeus.
5. The spirit hath a mollifying virtue; therefore it is compared to* fire, which softens the wax: The spirit turns flint into flesh, Ezek. 36. 26. I will give you an heart of flesh. How shall this be effected? Ver. 27. I will put my spirit within you. While the heart is hard, it lies like a log, and is not wrought upon either with judgements or mercies, but when Gods Spirit comes in, it makes a mans heart as tender as his eye, and now it is made yielding to Divine Impressions.
6. The spirit of God hath a corroborating