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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.
4 Thankfulness is the best policy, there is nothing lost by it; to be thankful for one mercy, is the way to have more, 'tis like pouring water into a† Pump, which fetcheth out more; Musicians love to sound their trumpets, where there is the best Echo, and God loves to bestow his mercies, where there is the best Echo of* thankfulness.
4 Thankfulness is the best policy, there is nothing lost by it; to bee thankful for one mercy, is the way to have more, 'tis like powring water into a† Pump, which fetcheth out more; Musicians love to sound their trumpets, where there is the best Eccho, and God loves to bestow his mercies, where there is the best Eccho of* thankfulness.
- †Ascensus gratiarum descensus gratiae.
- *[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
5 Thankfulness is a frame of heart God delights in; if repentance be the joy of heaven, praise is the* music. Bernard calls thankfulness the sweet Balm that drops from a Christian.
5 Thankfulness is a frame of heart God delights in; if repentance bee the joy of heaven, praise is the