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Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…
Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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.
2. With God is Terrible Majesty. Psalm 76.12. He is terrible to the Kings of the Earth. There is a time coming when God will be dreadful to his enemies; when Conscience is awake, when Death strikes, when the last Trump sounds. And shall not we Fear this God? Jer. 5.22. Fear ye not me, saith the Lord, will ye not tremble at my presence? The Fearing Gods Justice is the way not to feel it.
2. With God is Terrible Majesty. Psalm 76.12. He is terrible to the Kings of the Earth. There is a time coming when God will be dreadful to his enemies; when Conscience is awake, when Death strikes, when the last Trump sounds. And shall not we Fear this God? Ier. 5.22. Fear ye not me, saith the Lord, will ye not tremble at my presence? The Fearing Gods Justice is the way not to feel it.
And let it not seem strange to you, if I tell you, that in respect of Gods infinite Majesty, there will be some of this blessed Fear in Heaven. Not a Fear that hath Torment in it, for Perfect love will cast out Fear. But an Holy, Sweet, Reverential fear. Though God hath so much beauty in him as shall cause love, and joy, in Heaven, ⟨p. 35⟩yet this beauty is mixed with so much Majesty, as shall cause a Veneration in Glorified Saints.
5. The Fear of God tends to life,