A65308:70
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.
Nec propter vitam vivendi perdere causam*.
- *Dr. Reynolds.Dr. R•ynolds.
The •ives of the wicked are unprofitable, therefore compared to chaff, Mat. 3 11. and hurtful, therefore compared to thorns, Mica. 7. 4. ⟨p. 32⟩But a righteous man is like the Bee or Silkworm, working for the good of others*: It comforts me (said worthy Jewel) that I have exhausted my self in the labours of my Holy Calling. A good man hangs between these two as a Needle between two Lodestones, longing to be with Christ, and love of doing service.
The •ives of the wicked are unprofitable, therefore compared to chaff, Mat. 3 11. and hurtful, therefore compared to thorns, Mica. 7. 4. ⟨p. 32⟩But a righteous man is like the Bee or Silkworm, working for the good of others*: It comforts me (said worthy Jewel) that I have exhausted my self in the labours of my Holy Calling. A good man hangs between these two as a Needle between two Loadstones, longing to be with Christ, and love of doing service.