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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. Is it not folly to prefer Slavery before Liberty? if a Slave in the galley should have his freedom offered him, but he should say, he had rather Tug at the Oar and be a slave, than have his liberty, would not he be Judged indiscreet? Such is the case of him who Fears not God. The Gospel offers to free him from the miserable captivity of Sin, but he chooseth rather to be a slave to his lusts*. He is like the Servant under the Law. Exod. 21.5. I love my Master, I will not go out free. He was displeased with a year of Jubilee: The Foolish sinner had rather have his Ear bored to the Devils service, than be translated into the Glorious liberty of the Sons of God, Rom. 8.21.
2. Is it not folly to preferre Slavery before Liberty? if a Slave in the gally should have his freedom offered him, but he should say, he had rather Tug at the Oar and be a slave, than have his liberty, would not he be Judged indiscreet? Such is the case of him who Fears not God. The Gospel offers to free him from the miserable captivity of Sin, but he chooseth rather to be a slave to his lusts*. He is like the Servant under the Law. Exod. 21.5. I love my Master, I will not go out free. He was displeased with a year of Iubilee: The Foolish sinner had rather have his Ear bored to the Devils service, than be translated into the Glorious liberty of the Sons of God, Rom. 8.21.
- *Stulti est compedes licet aureas amare. Seneca.