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…

That the Profaneness of the times should not slacken but heighten our zeal.¹ The looser others are, the stricter we should be. In those degenerate times when men were arrived at the [Greek or Hebrew] and height of Impudence, and durst speak Treason against Heaven; then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another. When others were Plaintiffs these were Defendants; when ⟨p. 4⟩others spake against God, these spake for God.

That the Profaneness of the times should not slacken but highthen our zeal.¹ The looser others are, the stricter we should be. In those degenerate times when men were arrived at the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and highth of Impudence, and durst speak Treason against Heaven; then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another. When others were Plaintiffs these were Defendants; when ⟨p. 4⟩others spake against God, these spake for God.

1. 1Doct.

In Noah's days all Flesh had corrupted it self, (the old World was drowned in sin before it was drowned in water:) now at this time, Noah was perfect in his Generation, and Noah walked with God, Gen. 6.9. He was the Phoenix of his age. Athanasius stood up in the defence of the Truth, when the World was turned Arian^*. The more outrageous others are in Sin, the more courageous we should be for Truth. When the Atheists said, 'tis Vain to serve God, Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another.