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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.
1. Godliness is a Real thing, it is not §1[Greek or Hebrew], but [Greek or Hebrew]; Godliness is not the ⟨p. 6⟩feverish conceit of a sick brain; a Christian is no Enthusiast, one whose Religion is made up all of Fancy; Godliness hath Truth for its foundation; it is called the way of Truth, *Psal. 119. 30. godliness is a ray and beam that shines from God: if God be true, then godliness is true.
1. Godliness is a Real thing, it is not §1〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; Godliness is not the ⟨p. 6⟩feaverish conceit of a sick brain; a Christian is no Enthusiast, one whose Religion is made up all of Fancy; Godliness hath Truth for its foundation; it is called the way of Truth, *Psal. 119. 30. godliness is a ray and beam that shines from God: if God be true, then godliness is true.
- *[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
2. Godliness is an intrinsical thing: it lies chiefly in the heart.