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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
PRACTICAL NOTES UPON MALACH. III. Ver. 16, 17, &c. › Chapter 6: Containing the Applicatory part.
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.
2. They speak one to another in a bad sense who Murmur and complain one to another; they do not complain ⟨p. 88⟩of their Sins, but their Wants. Murmuring proceeds from unbelief, Psalm 106.24. They believed not his word but murmured. When men distrust Gods Promises, they murmur at his Providences: this is a Sin God can hardly bear, Numb. 14.27. How long shall I bear with this People that murmur against me? Israels speeches were Venomous, and God punished them with Venomous Serpents, 1 Cor. 10.10.
2. They speak one to another in a bad sence who Murmure and complain one to another; they do not complain ⟨p. 88⟩of their Sins, but their Wants. Murmuring proceeds from unbelief, Psalm 106.24. They believed not his word but murmured. When men distrust Gods Promises, they murmur at his Providences: this is a Sin God can hardly bear, Numb. 14.27. How long shall I bear with this People that murmur against me? Israels speeches were Venomous, and God punished them with Venomous Serpents, 1 Cor. 10.10.
3. They speak one to another in a bad sense, who vent themselves in filthy scurrilous Language. The Heart is a Vessel full of Wickedness, and the Tongue sets it a-broach. When the Face breaks out in Sores and Pimples, it shows the Blood is corrupt: when men break forth in unsavoury speeches it shows the Heart is Profane.