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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 The godly have good foresight:
1 They foresee the evil of a Temptation, 2 Cor. 2. 11. We are not ignorant of his devices; The wicked swallow temptations like Pills, and when it is too late, feel these Pills gripe their Conscience; but the godly fore-see a Temptation and will not come near; they see a snake under the green grass, they know Satan's kindness, is craftiness; he doth as Jephthah's daughter, he brings forth the Timbrel, and danceth before men with a temptation, and then brings them very low, Judg. 11. 35.
1 They foresee the evil of a Temptation, 2 Cor. 2. 11. We are not ignorant of his devices; The wicked swallow temptations like Pills, and when it is too late, feel these Pills gripe their Conscience; but the godly fore-see a Temptation and will not come near; they see a snake under the green grass, they know Satans kindness, is craftiness; hee doth as I•phtha's daughter, he brings forth the Timbrel, and danceth before men with a temptation, and then brings them very low, Iudg. 11. 35.
2. The godly fore-see temporal dangers, Pro. 22. 3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself. The people of God see when the Cloud of wrath is ready to drop upon a Nation, and they get into their Chambers,