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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.
Quest. How shall we know whether we act in the strength of Gods Spirit, or in the strength of our own abilities?
Answ. 1. When we do humbly cast our selves upon God for assistance; as David going out against Goliath, did cast himself upon God for help, 1 Sam. 17. 45. I come to thee ⟨p. 94⟩in the Name of the Lord. 2. When our duties are divinely qualified, we do them with pure aims. 3. When we have found God going along with us, we give him the glory of all, 1 Cor. 15. 10. This doth clearly evince, that the duty was carried on by the strength of Gods Spirit, more than by any innate abilities of our own.
Answ. 1. When we do humbly cast our selves upon God for assistance; as David going out against Goliah, did cast himself upon God for help, 1 Sam. 17. 45. I come to thee ⟨p. 94⟩in the Name of the Lord. 2. When our duties are divinely qualified, we do them with pure aims. 3. When we have found God going along with us, we give him the glory of all, 1 Cor. 15. 10. This doth clearly evince, that the duty was carried on by the strength of Gods Spirit, more than by any innate abilities of our own.
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