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…

It exhorts the Godly to thankfulness. God hath taken you out of the rubbish of mankind,¹ and made you Jewels, Psalm 113.7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, that he may set him with Princes: let me allude, God hath raised you out of the dust of a natural Estate, and ennobled you, that he may set you with Angels those Princes above. O admire God, set the ⟨p. 185⟩Crown of your praises upon the head of Free-grace. A Gratulatory thankful frame of Heart is pleasing to God: if Repentance be the Joy, Praise is the Music of Heaven. Bless God who hath wrought such a change in you, and of lumps of Earth and sin hath made you Jewels.

It exhorts the Godly to thankfulness. God hath taken you out of the rubbish of mankind,¹ and made you Jewels, Psalm 113.7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, that he may set him with Princes: let me allude, God hath raised you out of the dust of a natural Estate, and ennobled you, that he may set you with Angels those Princes above. O admire God, set the ⟨p. 185⟩Crown of your praises upon the head of Free-grace. A Gratulatory thankful frame of Heart is pleasing to God: if Repentance be the Joy, Praise is the Musick of Heaven. Bless God who hath wrought such a change in you, and of lumps of Earth and sin hath made you Jewels.

1. 12 Branch.

The Third Proposition is,¹