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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.
1. It is deceitful.
The word signifies, it is a Jacob*, or Supplanter. As Jacob supplanted his brother, and got away the blessing; so our Hearts would supplant and beguile us.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
2. Above all things.
There is deceit in Weights, deceit in Friends; but the Heart hath an art of deceiving beyond all†. In the best hearts there is some fallaciousness. David was upright in all things, save only in the matter of Uriah, 1 King 15.5. A Godly man Knowing there is a spice of this deceit in his Heart,