A65296:972
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.
1. See the different dealings of God and men,1 men for a little smoke will quench a great deal of light;2 God for a great deal of smoke will not quench a little light:3 'Tis the manner of the world, if they see a little failing in another, for that failing they will pass by and quench a great deal of worth: This is our nature, to aggravate a little fault, and diminish a great deal of virtue; to see the infirmities, and darken the excellencies of others; as we take more notice of the twinkling of a Star, than the shining of a Star: We censure others for their passion, but do not admire them for their piety. Thus for a little smoke that we see in others, we quench much light.
1. See the different dealings of God and men,1 men for a little smoak will quench a great deal of light;2 God for a great deal of smoak will not quench a little light:3 'Tis the manner of the world, if they see a little failing in another, for that failing they will pass by and quench a great deal of worth: This is our nature, to aggravate a little fault, and diminish a great deal of virtue; to see the infirmities, and darken the excellencies of others; as we take more notice of the twinkling of a Star, than the shining of a Star: We censure others for their passion, but do not admire them for their piety. Thus for a little smoak that we see in others, we quench much light.
- 1Use 1.Vse 1.
- 2Inform.
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