The Godly Man's Picture

Name: The Godly Man's Picture
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1666

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THE Character of a Godly Man, drawn with a SCRIPTURE-PENCIL. › Chapter 4 › Section 10THE Character of a Godly Man, drawn with a SCRIPTURE-PENSIL. › Chapter 4 › Section 10

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2. We cannot resist temptation without it, Act. 1. 8. Ye shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you: He who hath the tide of corrupt nature, and the wind of temptation, must needs be carried down the stream of sin, if the contrary wind of the spirit doth not blow.

2. We cannot resist temptation without it, Act. 1. 8. Ye shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you: He who hath the tyde of corrupt nature, and the wind of temptation, must needs be carried down the stream of sin, if the contrary wind of the spirit doth not blow.

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3. We cannot be fruitful without the spirit. —Aureus imber sitientia caelo •orda rigans.—

3. VVe cannot be fruitful without the spirit. —Aureus imber sitientia caelo •orda rigans.—

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Why is the spirit compared to dew and ^†rain, but to show us how unable we are to bring forth a Crop of Grace, unless the dew of God fall upon us?

VVhy is the spirit compared to dew and ^†rain, but to show us how unable we are to bring forth a Crop of Grace, unless the dew of God fall upon us?

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SECT. XI.