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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
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2 We must love the Saints, though in some things they do not coalesce and agree with us: another Christian may differ from me in less matters, either because he hath more light than I, or because he hath less light; if he differs from me, because he hath more light, then I have no reason to censure him; if because he hath less light, than I ought to bear with him, as the weaker Vessel, ⟨p. 198⟩in things of an indifferent nature, there ought to be Christian connivance.
2 Wee must love the Saints, though in some things they do not coalesce and agree with us: another Christian may differ from me in less matters, either because hee hath more light than I, or because hee hath lesse light; if he differs from me, because he hath more light, then I have no reason to censure him; if because hee hath less light, than I ought to bear with him, as the weaker Vessel, ⟨p. 198⟩in things of an indifferent nature, there ought to be Christian connivance.
3 We must love the Saints, though their graces out-vie and surpass ours; we ought to bless God for the eminency of another's grace, because hereby religion is honoured; Pride is not quite slain in a believer; Saints themselves are apt to grudge and repine at each others excellencies; is it not strange, that the same person, should hate one man for his sin, and envy another for his virtue? Christians had need look to their hearts; then is love right and genuine, when we can rejoice in the graces of others, though they seem to eclipse ours.
3 We must love the Saints, though their graces out-vye and surpass ours; we ought to bless God for the eminency of anothers grace, because hereby religion is honoured; Pride is not quite slain in a believer; Saints themselves are apt to grudge and repine at each others excellencies; is it not strange, that the same person, should hate one man for his sin, and envy another for his vertue? Christians had need look to their hearts; then is love right and genuine, when we can rejoyce in the graces of others, though they seem to eclipse ours.