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…

2. The Lord writes down the good speeches of his People. When Christians speak together of the Mysteries of Heaven (which is like Music in consort) God is much taken with it: When their Tongues are going, Gods pen is going in Heaven. They that feared the Lord spake often one to another, ⟨p. 141⟩and a Book of Remembrance was written.

2. The Lord writes down the good speeches of his People. When Christians speak together of the Mysteries of Heaven (which is like Musick in consort) God is much taken with it: When their Tongues are going, Gods pen is going in Heaven. They that fear'd the Lord spake often one to another, ⟨p. 141⟩and a Book of Remembrance was written.

3. The Lord writes down the Tears of his People. Tears drop down to the Earth, but they reach Heaven^*: God hath his Bottle and his Book, Psalm 56.8. Put thou my Tears into thy bottle, are they not in thy Book? Tears drop from the Saints, as Water from the Roses: they are fragrant to God, and he puts them in his Bottle. And besides this, he hath his Book of Remembrance, where he sets them down; are they not in thy Book? Especially God writes down such Tears as are shed for the sins of the times, Ezek. 9.2. One was clothed with linen; with a writers Inkhorn by his side: this was to write down the Tears of the Mourners, and to set a mark upon the foreheads of them that sighed for the Abominations done in the midst of the City, ver. 4.

3. The Lord writes down the Tears of his People. Tears drop down to the Earth, but they reach Heaven