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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.
If the Lord spares his people as a Father doth his Son,1 then they should serve him as a Son doth his Father: serve him willingly, 1 Chron. 28.9. Know ⟨p. 204⟩thou the God of thy Fathers, and serve him with a willing mind. God doth not love to be put to strain*. Therefore Cains Sacrifice was rejected, because he brought it grudgingly, and against his Mind: it was rather the paying of a tax than a free-will Offering. That is the best obedience which is voluntary, as that is the best Honey which drops from the Comb. God sometimes accepts of willingness without the Work†, but never of the work without willingness.
If the Lord spares his people as a Father doth his Son,1 then they should serve him as a Son doth his Father: serve him willingly, 1 Chron. 28.9. Know ⟨p. 204⟩thou the God of thy Fathers, and serve him with a willing mind. God doth not love to be put to strain*. Therefore Cains Sacrifice was rejected, because he brought it grudgingly, and against his Mind: it was rather the paying of a tax than a free-will Offering. That is the best obedience which is voluntary, as that is the best Hony which drops from the Comb. God sometimes accepts of willingness without the Work†, but never of the work without willingness.
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