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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.
2. That God will deal with them that Fear him, as a Father doth with his Son: 1. God will accept them as a Father doth his Son. If the Child doth but lisp and can hardly speak plain, the Father takes all well: so God as a Father will accept of what his Children do in sincerity: Ezek. 20.40. There will I require your Offerings, I will accept you with your sweet Savour.
2. Such as Fear God, he will be full of Bowels to them as a Father is to his Son. There are in God
1. Bowels of Compassion. 2. Bowels of Complacency.
1. Bowels of Compassion. A Father Compassionates his Child. Sozomen makes mention of a Father who offered ⟨p. 197⟩to be put to death for his two Sons, who were sentenced to dye: God hath soundings of Bowels,