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A plea for the Godly
A plea for the Godly wherein is shown the excellency of a righteous person / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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.
THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.
Christian Reader,
Holiness is a glorious thing, it is the curious refining of the Soul: Take away Holiness ⟨image 3⟩from an Angel and he is a Devil. True Piety sheds an Excellency upon a Person, as the Sun imparts a lustre to the Stars. The righteous man hath God's name written upon him, Rev. 3. 12. and partakes of the divine nature, 2 Pet. 1. 4. Which is not by a Transubstantiation into the Divine Essence, but by a Transformation into the Divine Likeness.
HOliness is a glorious thing, it is the curious refining of the Soul: Take away Holiness ⟨image 3⟩from an Angel and he is a Devil. True Piety sheds an Excellency upon a Person, as the Sun imparts a lustre to the Stars. The righteous man hath God's name written upon him, Rev. 3. 12. and partakes of the divine nature, 2 Pet. 1. 4. Which is not by a Transubstantiation into the Divine Essence, but by a Transformation into the Divine Likeness.