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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.
4. Christ will not quench the smoking flax, because when he preserves a little light in a great deal of smoke, here the glory of his power shines forth: The trembling soul ⟨p. 333⟩thinks it shall be swallowed up of sin, but God by preserving a little quantity of grace in the heart, nay, by making that spark prevail over corruption, as the fire from heaven licked up the water in the trench, 1 King. 18. 38. Now, God gets himself a glorious Name, and carries away the Trophies of Honour, 2 Cor. 12. 9. My strength is made perfect in weakness.
4. Christ will not quench the smoaking flax, because when he preserves a little light in a great deal of smoak, here the glory of his power shines forth: The trembling soul ⟨p. 333⟩thinks it shall be swallowed up of sin, but God by preserving a little quantity of grace in the heart, nay, by making that spark prevail over corruption, as the fire from heaven licked up the water in the trench, 1 King. 18. 38. Now, God gets himself a glorious Name, and carries away the Trophies of Honor, 2 Cor. 12. 9. My strength is made perfect in weakness.