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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.
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, Gen. 42.18. I fear God. And see a pattern of Relative sanctitie: 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.
6. He who Fears God, dares not neglect Family or Closet-prayer, Psalm 109.4. I Give my self to Prayer. Prayer whispers in Gods ears. Clemens ⟨p. 56⟩Alexandrinus calls it private conference with God. Why was Nymphas's house called a Church, Col. 4.15. But because it was consecrated by Prayer? A Gracious Soul puts forth fervent sighs in Prayer,