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…

MAL. III. 18. Then shall ye return, and discern between the Righteous and the Wicked, between him that Serveth God, and him that Serveth him not.

Here follows the close of the Chapter, which I shall little more than Paraphrase upon. These words are spoken to the wicked, as Piscator, Calvin, Grotius, and other learned Expositors assert: for though the Godly shall at last discern what a difference God makes between them and the Wicked, how Indulgent he is to the one, and how Severe to the other; yet this Text is chiefly spoken to the Wicked, vers. 14. Ye have said it is vain to Serve God; and vers. 15. Now we call the Proud ⟨p. 209⟩happy, yea they that work Wickedness are set up: Well saith God, though now ye call the Proud happy and the Godly indiscreet, yet when I have made up my Jewels, then you Wicked ones shall see clearly what a Difference I make between the Righteous, and the Wicked, between him that Serveth God and him that Serveth him not.

HEre follows the close of the Chapter, which I shall little more than Paraphrase upon. These words are spoken to the wicked, as Piscator, Calvin, Grotius, and other learned Expositors assert: for though the Godly shall at last discern what a difference God makes between them and the Wicked, how Indulgent he is to the one, and how Severe to the other; yet this Text is chiefly spoken to the Wicked, vers. 14. Ye have said it is vain to Serve God; and vers. 15. Now we call the Proud ⟨p. 209⟩happy, yea they that work Wickedness are set up: Well saith God, though now ye call the Proud happy and the Godly indiscreet, yet when I have made up my Jewels, then you Wicked ones shall see clearly what a Difference I make between the Righteous, and the Wicked, between him that Serveth God and him that Serveth him not.