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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.
If Prayer be made the Touch-stone, then the number of those who Fear God is but small. Are there not many prayerless Families in this City and Nation? Job 15.4. Thou casteth off fear, thou restrainest prayer. When men restrain prayer, they cast off the Fear of God. It is the brand set upon a Reprobate, Psalm 14.4. He calls not upon God.
If Prayer be made the Touch-stone, then the number of those who Fear God is but small. Are there not many prayerless Families in this City and Nation? Iob 15.4. Thou casteth off fear, thou restrainest prayer. When men restrain prayer, they cast off the Fear of God. It is the brand set upon a Reprobate, Psalm 14.4. He calls not upon God.
7. He who Fears God will not oppress his Neighbour. Levit. 25.17. Ye shall not oppress one another, but thou shalt fear thy God. How can he be Holy who is not just? A Saint, yet an Extortioner is a Solecism. A cruel oppressor is like Judas, his bowels are fallen out. The Fear of God would cure this. Neh. 5.8. Will ye sell your brethren? v. 9. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God? As if Nehemiah had said, If ye ⟨p. 57⟩had the Fear of God ye would not be so wicked, ye would not rise upon the ruins of others, and to wrong them, damn your selves.