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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 Afflictions are [Greek or Hebrew],1 for our benefit. Heb. 12. 9. He for our profit, we pray that God would take such a course with us as may do our souls Good, when God is afflicting us, he is hearing our prayers, he doth it▪ for our *profit: not that afflictions in themselves do profit us, but as Gods Spirit works with them▪ For as the waters of Bethesda could not give health of themselves, unless the Angel descended and stirred the water, John 5. 4. So the waters of affliction are not in themselves healing till Gods Spirit co-operates and sanctifies them to us: Afflictions are many ways† profitable.
1 Afflictions are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,1 for our benefit. Heb. 12. 9. Hee for our profit, wee pray that God would take such a course with us as may do our souls Good, when God is afflicting us, hee is hearing our prayers, he doth it▪ for our *profit: not that afflictions in themselves do profit us, but as Gods Spirit works with them▪ For as the waters of Bethesda could not give health of themselves, unless the Angel descended and stirred the water, Iohn 5. 4. So the waters of affliction are not in themselves healing till Gods Spirit co-operates and sanctifies them to us: Afflictions are many ways†