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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.
17. The Lord is much pleased with such as Fear him. Psalm 147.11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that Fear him. In the Septuagint it is*, The Lord bears Good will towards them that Fear him: Pagnin and Buxtorf render it, The Lord delights in them that Fear him. Never did Suitor take such pleasure in a Person he loved, as God doth in them that Fear him; they are his Hephsibah, or chief solace, Isa. 62.4. He saith of them as of Sihon, Psalm 132.14. Here is my rest for ever, here will I dwell. A sinner is a vessel in which is no pleasure, Hosea 8.8. But Fearers of God are Favourites.
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18. Such as Fear God are the only persons that shall be saved. Psalm 85.9. Salvation is nigh them that Fear ⟨p. 45⟩him. Salvation is said to be far from the Wicked, Psalm 119.155. They and Salvation are so far asunder, that they are like never to meet. But Gods Salvation is nigh them that Fear him: What do we aspire after but Salvation? 'Tis the end of all our Prayers, Tears, Sufferings. Salvation is the Crown of our desires, the flower of our joy. And who shall be enriched with Salvation, but the Fearers of God? His Salvation is nigh them that Fear him. Let these cogent arguments persuade to the Fear of God.