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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.
2. How far are they from being godly,1 who instead of endeavouring Grace in others, labour to destroy all hopeful beginnings of Grace in them? Instead of drawing them to Christ, they draw them from Christ; their work is to poison and mischief souls: ⟨p. 267⟩This mischieving of souls is three ways.
2. How far are they from being godly,1 who instead of endeavouring Grace in others, labour to destroy all hopeful beginnings of Grace in them? Instead of drawing them to Christ, they draw them from Christ; their work is to poyson and mischief souls: ⟨p. 267⟩This mischieving of souls is three ways.
- 12 Bran.
1. By evil Edicts: So Jeroboam made Israel sin, 1 King. 17. 26. He forced them to Idolatry.
2. By evil Examples: Examples speak louder than Precepts; but principally the examples of great ones are influential: Men placed on high, are like the Pillar of Cloud, when that went, Israel went: If great ones move irregularly, others will follow after.