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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.
3. A righteous man lives more spiritually, as he shows forth more of the power of Holiness in his life than others; he is a pattern of Piety*, Psal. 106. 16. Aaron the Saint of the ⟨p. 31⟩Lord: his sancti•y adorned him more than his M•tre o• Linen Garments: a Mora• may live as a man, but he who is regenerate lives the life of Christ, Joh. 2. 6. *The Macedonians on the birth-day of Alexander did wear Alexander's picture about their necks, set with Gold and Pearl: So the righteous carry the lively picture of Christ in their holy Example; they live so devoutly as if they had seen the Lord with bodily eyes.
3. A righteous man lives more spiritually, as he shows forth more of the power of Holiness in his life than others; he is a pattern of Piety*, Psal. 106. 16. Aaron the Saint of the ⟨p. 31⟩Lord: his sancti•y adorned him more than his M•tre o• Linnen Garments: a Mora• may live as a man, but he who is regenerate lives the life of Christ, Joh. 2. 6. *