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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 notes the diligent heed God gave to these Saints, He hearkened. ⟨p. 130⟩Here was attention of Ear, and intenseness of Mind. Hearkening is the Gesture of one that Listens to what another saith.
1. It notes the diligent heed God gave to these Saints, He hearkened. ⟨p. 130⟩Here was attention of Ear, and intensness of Mind. Hearkening is the Gesture of one that Listens to what another saith.
2. Gods hearkening shows the delight he took in the Holy Dialogues of these Saints: he was pleased with them, they were to him as sweet Melody.
2. Gods hearkening shews the delight he took in the Holy Dialogues of these Saints: he was pleased with them, they were to him as sweet Melody.
1That God takes special Notice of of the Good which he sees in his People. The Children of God may perhaps think that God doth not regard them, Job 30.20. I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me. The Church complains, God did shut out her Prayer, Lam. 3.8. But though God be sometimes Silent, he is not Deaf: he takes Notice of all the good Services of his People, the Lord hearkened and heard.