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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. XVII. The first Part of the Saints reward, Gods owning them.
2. I Come now to the reward it self, the first part whereof is Gods owning them, they shall be mine.
Expositors here vary: I take the sense of it to be, they shall be mine in Covenant, Ezek. 16.8. I entered into Covenant with thee, and thou becamest mine*. This is no small favour to be in Covenant with God: therefore when God told Abraham that he would enter into Covenant with him, Abraham fell on his face; Gen. 17.2. as being amazed that the great God should bestow such a signal favour upon him. God never entered into Covenant with the Angels when they fell, but he proclaims himself God in Covenant with Believers, they shall be mine. This Covenant enriched with Free-grace, is a better Covenant than that which was ⟨p. 164⟩made with Adam in Innocency. For
Expositors here vary: I take the sence of it to be, they shall be mine in Covenant, Ezek. 16.8. I entred into Covenant with thee, and thou becamest mine*. This is no small favour to be in Covenant with God: therefore when God told Abraham that he would enter into Covenant with him, Abraham fell on his face;