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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.
CHAP. 1. Showing, that Christians should hold fast their Integrity in times of defection.
CHAP. 1. Shewing, that Christians should hold fast their Integrity in times of defection.
THE Scripture of Truth*, is the Ground of Faith. This Portion of Scripture which now presents it self to our view, hath its Sacred Elegancies, and is all glorious ⟨p. 2⟩within. It was composed by Malachi, whose name imports Messenger*; he came upon an Embassy from the God of Heaven. This Prophet was so famous, that Origen and others (though injudiciously) supposed him to be an Angel. He lived after the building of the second Temple, and was [Greek or Hebrew], contemporary with Haggai, and Zechariah†.
THE Scripture of Truth*, is the Ground of Faith. This Portion of Scripture which now presents it self to our view, hath its Sacred Elegancies, and is all glorious ⟨p. 2⟩within. It was composed by Malachy, whose name imports Messenger*; he came upon an Ambassage from the God of Heaven. This Prophet was so famous, that Origen and others (though injudiciously) supposed him to be an Angel. He lived after the building of the second Temple, and was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, contemporary with Haggai, and Zechariah