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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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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. It is an appreciative knowledge. The Lapidary is said to know a Jewel, who hath skill to value it: He knows God, who esteems him above the glory of heaven,† and the comforts of the earth. To compare other things with God, is to debase Deity; §2as if you should compare the shining of a Glowworm with the Sun.
2. It is an appretiative knowledge. The Lapidary is said to know a Jewel, who hath skill to value it: He knows God, who esteems him above the glory of heaven,† and the comforts of the earth. To compare other things with God, is to debase Deity; §2as if you should compare the shining of a Gloworm with the Sun.
3. The knowledge of a godly man is §3quickening, Psalm 119. 93. I will never forget thy Precepts, for with them thou hast quickened me. Knowledge in a natural mans head, is like a Torch in a dead mans hand: True knowledge animates. A godly man is like John Baptist, a burning and a shining Lamp: He doth not only shine by illumination, but burn by affection.* The Spouses knowledge made her sick of love, Cant. 2. 5. Per•ulsa sum,