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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 9: Containing a sharp Redargution.
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1It reproves such as instead of thinking on God, their minds are wholly taken up with Vain Thoughts. Vain Thoughts are the froth of the Brain, Jer. 4.14. How long shall Vain Thoughts lodge with thee? I deny not but Vain Thoughts may sometimes come into the best Hearts, but they have a care to turn them out before night, that they do not Lodge. This denominates a Wicked man, his Thoughts Dwell upon Vanity; and well may his Thoughts be ⟨p. 109⟩said to be Vain, because they do not turn to any profit, Jer. 16.19. Vanity, and things wherein there is no Profit. They are Vain Thoughts which are about Foolish things, and run all into straw. They are Vain Thoughts which do not Better the Heart, nor will give one drop of Comfort at death, Psalm 146.4. In that very day his Thoughts perish. Vain Thoughts are Pernicious, they Fly-blow the Heart and leave an ill tincture behind.
1It reproves such as instead of thinking on God, their minds are wholly taken up with Vain Thoughts. Vain Thoughts are the froth of the Brain, Ier. 4.14. How long shall Vain Thoughts lodge with thee? I deny not but Vain Thoughts may sometimes come into the best Hearts, but they have a care to turn them out before night, that they do not Lodge. This denominates a Wicked man, his Thoughts Dw•ll upon Vanity; and well may his Thoughts be ⟨p. 109⟩said to be Vain, because they do not turn to any profit, Ier. 16.19. Vanity, and things wherein there is no Profit. They are Vain Thoughts which are about Foolish things, and run all into straw. They are Vain Thoughts which do not Better the Heart, nor will give one drop of Comfort at death,