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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.
15. The Fear of God is a Sovereign Antidote against Apostasy: the Devil was the first Apostate. How rife is this sin! more shipwrecks are at Land than at Sea; men make shipwreck of a Good Conscience. Apostates are said to put Christ to open shame, Heb. 6.6. The Fear of God is a [Greek or Hebrew], a preservative against Apostasy. Jer. 32.40. I will put my Fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. I will so love them, that I will not depart from them; and they shall so Fear me, that they shall not depart from me.
15. The Fear of God is a Soveraign Antidote against Apostasie: the Devil was the first Apostate. How rife is this sin! more shipwracks are at Land than at Sea; men make shipwrack of a Good Conscience. Apostates are said to put Christ to open shame, Heb. 6.6. The Fear of God is a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a preservative against Apostacy. Ier. 32.40. I will put my Fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. I will so love them, that I will not depart from them; and they shall so Fear me, that they shall not depart from me.
15. There are excellent Promises ⟨p. 43⟩made to them that Fear God, Malach. 4.2. Unto you that Fear my Name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his Wings. Here is a promise of Christ; he is a Sun for Light and Vivifical Influence; and a Sun of Righteousness, as he diffuseth the Golden beams of Justification