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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.
6. The knowledge of a godly man is self-emptying; carnal knowledge makes the head giddy with pride, 1 Cor. 8. 2. True knowledge brings a man out of love with himself, the more he knows, the more he blusheth at his own ignorance. David a bright Star in Gods Church, yet he thought himself rather a Cloud than a Star, Psalm 73. 22.
7. The knowledge of a godly man is growing, Col. 1. 10. Increasing in the knowledge of God. *True knowledge is like the light of the morning, which increaseth in the Horizon till it comes to the full Meridian: So sweet is Spiritual Knowledge, that the more a Saint knows, the more thirsty he is of knowledge; 'tis called the Riches of Knowledge, 1 Cor. 1. 5. the more riches a man hath, the more still he desires; though S. Paul knew Christ, yet he would know him more, Phil. 3. 10. that I may know him, and the power of his Resurrection.
7. The knowledge of a godly man is growing, Col. 1. 10. Encreasing in the knowledge of God. *True knowledge is like the light of the morning, which encreaseth in the Horizon till it comes to the full Meridian: So sweet is Spiritual Knowledge, that the more a Saint knows, the more thirsty he is of knowledge; 'tis called the Riches of Knowledge,