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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.
1. They are precious; therefore they are set apart for God, Psal. 4. 3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: We set apart things that are precious; the godly are set apart as Gods peculiar treasure, Psa. 135. 4. As his garden of delight, Cant. 4. 12. As his Royal Diadem, Isa. 62. 3. The godly are the excellent of the earth, Psa. 16. 2. Comparable to fine gold, Lam. 4. 2. Double refined, Zach. 13. 9. They are the glory of the Creation, Isa. 46. 13. Origen compares the Saints to Sapphires and* Crystal: God calls them Jewels, Mal. 3. 17. They are so:
1. They are precious; therefore they are set apart for God, Psal. 4. 3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: We set apart things that are precious; the godly are set apart as Gods peculiar treasure, Psa. 135. 4. As his garden of delight, Cant. 4. 12. As his Royal Diadem, Isa. 62. 3. The godly are the excellent of the earth, Psa. 16. 2. Comparable to fine gold,