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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.
8. The Fear of God is a Christians safety. He is invulnerable, nothing can hurt him: Plunder him of his Money, he carries a treasure about him he cannot be robbed of*. Isa. 33.6. Cast him into bonds, his Conscience is free; Kill his Body, it shall rise again. He who hath on this Breast-Plate of Gods Fear, may be shot at, but can never be shot through†.
8. The Fear of God is a Christians safety. He is invulnerable, nothing can hurt him: Plunder him of his Money, he carries a treasure about him he cannot be robbed of*. Isa. 33.6. Cast him into bonds, his Conscience is free; Kill his Body, it shall rise again. He who hath on this Breast-Plate of Gods Fear, may be shot at, but can never be shot thorow†.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]. Chrys.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Chrys.
- †Si vis esse securus, semper time.
9. The Fear of God makes all things go well with us, Psalm 128.2. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee