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A plea for the Godly

Name: A plea for the Godly
Author: Thomas Watson

A plea for the Godly wherein is shown the excellency of a righteous person / by Thomas Watson ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed by A. Maxwell for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672

[12], 107 p. · 17k words · Wing W1138 · ESTC R10636

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THE Righteous Mans Excellency.

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8. The Prayers of a righteous man are more excellent^*: Another may have more Elegance in Prayer, he hath more sincerity, Prov. 15. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the Prayer of the upright is his delight. A sinners praying is howling, Hos. 7. 14. but the prayer of a righteous man is music in Gods ears, Cant. 2. 14. Let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice. Maximinus a persecutor, being on his sick-bed craved the prayers of the Godly^*. The excellency of a righteous mans prayer is seen.

8. The Prayers of a righteous man are more excellent^*: Another may have more Elegancy in Prayer, he hath more sincerity, Prov. 15. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the Prayer of the upright is his delight. A sinners praying is howling, Hos. 7. 14. but the prayer of a righteous man is musick in Gods ears, Cant. 2. 14. Let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice. Maximinus a persecuter, being on his sick-bed craved the prayers of the Godly^*. The excellency of a righteous mans prayer is seen.

*Heb. 11. 4. Ab•l offered a more excellent sacrifice, &c.
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