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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.
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. Envy, the Jews envied Christ the fame of his Miracles, Mat. 27.18. Pilate knew that for envy they had delivered him. Here was sin committed in the Thoughts: the Jews sinned by envying Christ, though they had never Crucified him.
1. Envy, the Jews envied Christ the fame of his Miracles, Mat. 27.18. Pilat knew that for envy they had delivered him. Here was sin committed in the Thoughts: the Jews sinned by envying Christ, though they had never Crucified him.
2. Discontent, Gen. 24.5. Cain was wroth and his Countenance fell. He did Malign his Brother, and his thoughts were boiled up to Discontent. Here was sin committed in the thoughts. Cain sinned by Discontent though he had never Murdered his Brother.
2. Discontent, Gen. 24.5. Cain was wroth and his Countenance fell. He did Malign his Brother, and his thoughts were boiled up to Discontent. Here was sin committed in the thoughts. Cain sinn'd by Discontent though he had never Murdered his Brother.
2. God will punish for sinful thoughts. We say Thoughts are free; so they are in mans Court*; but God will punish for Thoughts: it was