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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
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2. Gods making up his Jewels implies his perfecting his Saints. Then a thing is said to be made up when it is perfected; you make up a Garment when you perfect it; you make up a Watch, when you put all the Wheels and Pins in perfect order: so Gods making up his Jewels signifies his perfecting them. The Godly in this Life are imperfect, they cast but a faint lustre of Holiness, they receive but the first-fruits of the Spirit, Rom. 8.23. that is, a small measure of Grace: the first-fruits under the Law were but an handful to the whole Vintage. This may humble us to consider if we are Jewels, yet imperfect: our knowledge is checkered with Ignorance, 1 Cor. 13.5. Our love to God is feeble. Behold here Clouds in the Diamond. This may take down our Top-sail of Pride, to consider how incomplete we are: but when God shall ⟨p. 190⟩make up his Jewels, and perfect his Saints, it will be a glorious time, and this brings me to the second Question.
2. Gods making up his Jewels implies his perfecting his Saints. Then a thing is said to be made up when it is perfected; you make up a Garment when you perfect it; you make up a Watch, when you put all the Wheels and Pins in perfect order: so Gods making up his Jewels signifies his perfecting them. The Godly in this Life are imperfect, they cast but a faint lustre of Holiness, they receive but the first-fruits of the Spirit, Rom. 8.23. that is, a small measure of Grace: the first-fruits under the Law were but an handful to the whole Vintage. This may humble us to consider if we are Jewels, yet imperfect: our knowledge is checker'd with Ignorance, 1 Cor. 13.5. Our love to God is feeble. Behold here Clouds in the Diamond. This may take down our Top-sail of Pride, to consider how incompleat we are: but when God shall ⟨p. 190⟩make up his Jewels, and perfect his Saints, it will be a glorious time, and this brings me to the second Question.