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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. God loves the places his Children were born in the better for their sakes: Psal. 87.2. God loves the Gates of Zion: ver. 5. This and that man was born in her; (i. e.) This and that Believer. God loves the very ground his Children go upon. Why was Judea (the Ancient seat of Israel) called a delightsome Land? Mal. 5.12. Not so much delightful for the fruit growing in it, as for the Saints living in it.
2. God loves the places his Children were born in the better for their sakes: Psal. 87.2. God loves the Gates of Sion: ver. 5. This and that man was born in her; (i. e.) This and that Believer. God loves the very ground his Children go upon. Why was Iudaea (the Ancient seat of Israel) called a delightsome Land? Mal. 5.12. Not so much delightful for the fruit growing in it, as for the Saints living in it.
3. God so loves his Children that he chargeth the great ones of the World upon pain of death not to hurt them: their persons are sacred, Psalm 105.14. He reproved Kings for their sakes, saying, Touch not mine anointed. By anointed, are meant such as have the anointing of the Spirit, 1 John 2.20.
4. God delights in his Children's company, he loves to see their faces, Cant. 2.24. Let me see thy Countenance. If but two or three of Gods Children meet and pray together, God will be sure to make one of the company;