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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. To have only a show of godliness is a God-enraging sin: he who is a pretender to Saint-ship, but his heart tells him he hath nothing but the* Name; he carries Christ in his Bible, but not in his Heart; some politic design spurs him on in the ways of God, he makes Religion a Lackey to his carnal Interest: What is this but to abuse God to his face, and to serve the Devil in Christs Livery? Hypocrisy makes the fury rise up in Gods face; therefore he calls such persons the generation of his wrath, Isa. 10. 6. God will send them to Hell to do penance for their hypocrisy.
1. To have only a show of godliness is a God-enraging sin: he who is a pretender to Saint-ship, but his heart tells him he hath nothing but the* Name; he carries Christ in his Bible, but not in his Heart; some politick design spurs him on in the wayes of God, he makes Religion a Lacquey to his carnal Interest: What is this but to abuse God to his face, and to serve the Devil in Christs Livery? Hypocrisie makes the fury rise up in Gods face; therefore he calls such persons the generation of his wrath, Isa. 10. 6. God will send them to Hell to do penance for their hypocrisie.
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2 To make only a show of godliness, is [Greek or Hebrew], self-delusion. Ajax in his frenzy took Sheep for† men; but it is a worse mistake to take a show of grace for grace. This is for one to put a cheat upon himself.