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…

It reproves such as indeed think of God,¹ but they have not Right Thoughts of him. As the Lord said to Eliphaz, Job 42.7. Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right; so some think of God, but they do not think of him the thing that is right. 1. They have Low unworthy Thoughts of God, they Fancy God to be like themselves, Psalm 50.21. Men think God is as short-sighted as they, and that he cannot see them through the thick Canopy of the Clouds: but he that makes a Watch knows all the Wheels and Pins in it, and the Spring which causeth the Motion. God who is [Greek or Hebrew] the inspector of the Heart, sees all the intrigues and Private Cabals in the Thoughts^*. God knows the true Motion of a false Heart, Jer. 29.23. I know and am a witness, saith the Lord.

It reproves such as indeed think of God,¹ but they have not Right Thoughts of him. As the Lord said to Eliphaz, Job 42.7. Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right; so some think of God, but they do not think of him the thing that is right. 1. They have Low unworthy Thoughts of God, they Fancy God to be like themselves, Psalm 50.21. Men think God is as short-sighted as they, and that he cannot see them through the thick Canopy of the Clouds: but he that makes a Watch knows all the Wheeles and Pins in it, and the Spring which causeth the Motion. God who is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the inspector of the Heart, sees all the intrigues and Private Caballs in the Thoughts^*. God knows the true Motion of a false Heart,