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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.
1Not that the Sins of Gods Children are hid from him; but such is his paternal Clemency, that he is pleased to bear with many frailties in his Children. He spareth them as a Father spareth his Son. How often do Gods people grieve his Spirit by the neglect of their Spiritual Watch, the loss of their first-love; but God spares them! Israel provoked God with their murmurings, but he used Fatherly Indulgence towards them, Psalm 78.38. But he being full of Compassion, forgave their Iniquity, yea many a time turned he his anger away from them*.
- 1Caution.
- *Neh. 9.17.
From this word, I will spare them as a man spares his Son, 1take Notice, that the best need sparing,2 Psalm 130.3. If thou, Lord, shouldst mark Iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? The Papists speak of Merits, but how can we merit when our best services are so defective that we need sparing? how can these two stand together, our meriting ⟨p. 203⟩and God's sparing? what will become of us without sparing Mercy? we had need pray as Nehemiah, cap. 13.22. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and spare me according to the greatness of thy Mercy. Let us fly to this Asylum, Lord spare us as a Father spares his Son.