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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.
4. He who Fears God is alike ⟨p. 55⟩Good in all Companies: He diffuseth the sweet savour of Godliness where ever he comes. Hypocrites can change themselves into all shapes, and be as their company is; Serious in one company, and Vain in another: He who reverenceth a Deity, is semper idem, alike Good in all places. An even Pulse shows Health: an even walking shows Grace. If a Good man be providentially cast among the wicked, he will not coalesce with them, but in his deportment shows forth a Majesty of Holiness.
4. He who Fears God is alike ⟨p. 55⟩Good in all Companies: He diffuseth the sweet savour of Godliness where ever he comes. Hypocrites can change themselves into all shapes, and be as their company is; Serious in one comcompany, and Vain in another: He who reverenceth a Deity, is semper idem, alike Good in all places. An even Pulse shows Health: an even walking shows Grace. If a Good man be providentially cast among the wicked, he will not coalesce with them, but in his deportment shows forth a Majesty of Holiness.
5. He who Fears God is good in the Station where God hath set him. Take an instance in Joseph, Gen. 42.18. I fear God. And see a pattern of Relative sanctity: He showed towards his Master fidelity, towards his Mistress chastity, towards his Father duty, towards his Brethren bounty. A good man makes his family Palaestra Pietatis, a Nursery of Piety*, as it was said of Cranmer.
5. He who Fears God is good in the Station where God hath set him. Take an instance in Ioseph,