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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.
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, Pro. 19.23. It is true, 1. In a temporal sense, Prov. 10.27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days; in the Original it is, It addeth days*. Long life is Promised as a blessing, Psalm 91.16. With long Life will I satisfy him. The best way to come to an [Greek or Hebrew], a Good Old age, is the Fear of God. Sin curtails the life: many a mans excess wastes his Vitals, enervates his strength, and cuts him short of those years which by the course of nature might be arrived at*. You that desire to live long, live in the Fear of God. Deut. 6.24. The Lord commanded us to fear the Lord our God, 3that he might preserve us alive.
5. The Fear of God tends to life, Pro. 19.23. It is true, 1. In a temporal sence,