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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.
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, Isa. 63.15. The Compassions of Parents are Steel and Marble compared with Gods: Luke 1.78. Through the tender Mercy of our God: in the Greek it is [Greek or Hebrew], the Bowels of Mercy: these Bowels make God sympathize with his Children in Misery: he is touched in their wounds, Psal. 103.13. As a Father pitieth his Children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
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, Isa. 63.15. The Compassions of Parents are Steel and Marble compared with Gods: Luke 1.78. Through the tender Mercy of our God: in the Greek it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Bowels of Mercy: these Bowels make God sympathize with his Children in Misery: he is touched in their wounds, Psal. 103.13. As a Father pitieth his Children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
2. In God are Bowels of Complacency. How dearly did Jacob love Benjamin; his life was bound up in him,