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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.
If God doth so Honour his People, let them Honour him; Mal. 1.6. Where is my Honour? let the Saints be God-exalters, let them lift up his Name in the World, and make his praise glorious, Psalm 66.2. But I only glance at this.
2ly. That Gods People are his Jewels, in that day when I make up my Jewels. Jewels are precious things; the Hebrew word for Jewels [Greek or Hebrew] signifies a treasure. A treasure is made up of costly things: Gold and Pearl, and Rubies: ⟨p. 176⟩such a precious Treasure are the Saints to God.
2ly. That Gods People are his Jewels, in that day when I make up my Iewels. Jewels are precious things; the Hebrew word for Jewels 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies a treasure. A treasure is made up of costly things: Gold and Pearl, and Rubies: ⟨p. 176⟩such a precious Treasure are the Saints to God.