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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.
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. Jam. 1. 22. Deceiving your own souls: He who hath counterfeit Gold instead of true, wrongs himself most. The hypocrite deceives others while he lives, but deceives himself when he dies.
2 To make only a show of godliness, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, self-delusion. Ajax in his phrensie 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. Iam. 1. 22. Deceiving your own souls: He who hath counterfeit Gold instead of true, wrongs himself most. The hypocrite deceives others while he lives, but deceives himself when he dies.
- †Arietem occidit credens see Ulyssem interemisse.Arietem occidit credens se Vlyssem interemisse.
3 To have only a name, and make a show §3[…] godliness, is odious to God and man. The hypocrite is born under a sad Planet, he is abhorred of all. Wicked men hate him because […] makes a show, and God hate him because he doth but make a show: The wicked •ate him because he hath so much as a mask […] godliness, and God hates him because he •ath no more,