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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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And the life of a Saint is nothing else but a life of Faith; his prayer is the breathing of Faith, Jam. 5. 15. His obedience is the result of Faith, Rom. 16. 26. A godly man by Faith lives in Christ, as the beam lives in the Sun, Gal. 2. 20. I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. A Christian by the power of Faith sees above Reason,* trades above the Moon; by Faith his heart is finely quieted;† he trusts himself, and all his affairs with God: As in a time of War, men get into a Garrison, and trust themselves and their treasure there: So the Name of the Lord is a strong Tower, Pro. 18. 10. and a Believer trusts all that ever he is worth in this Garrison. 2 Tim. 1. 12. I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded he is able to keep ⟨p. 30⟩that which I have committed unto him, against that day. God trusted Paul with his Gospel, and Paul trusted God with his Soul.
And the life of a Saint is nothing else but a life of Faith; his prayer is the breathing of Faith, Iam. 5. 15. His obedience is the result of Faith, Rom. 16. 26. A godly man by Faith lives in Christ, as the beam lives in the Sun, Gal. 2. 20. I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. A Christian by the power of Faith sees above Reason,* trades above the Moon; by Faith his heart is finely quieted;