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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.
4. How sad will it be for Christians to fall off from their former Profession, and espouse a novel Religion. Julian Bathed himself in the blood of Beasts Offered in Sacrifice to the Heathen Gods, and so as much as in him lay washed off his former Baptism. In the ⟨p. 9⟩time of Julius Cesar this Prodigy happened, after a plentiful Vintage there were wild Grapes appeared upon their Vines, which was looked upon as Ominous. When men seemed to bring forth the Fruits of Righteousness, and afterwards bring forth the Wild Grapes of Impiety, it is a sad Omen and Prognostic of their Ruin, 2 Pet. 2.21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of Righteousness, than after they have known it to turn from the Holy Commandment. Let all this make us maintain the power of Holiness in the worst Times: Though others wonder we do not sin after the rate that they do, yet, remember, it is better to go to Heaven with a few, than to Hell in the Crowd.
4. How sad will it be for Christians to fall off from their former Profession, and espouse a novel Religion. Iulian Bathed himself in the blood of Beasts Offered in Sacrifice to the Heathen Gods, and so as much as in him lay wash'd off his former Baptism. In the ⟨p. 9⟩time of Iulius Cesar this Prodigy happened, after a plentiful Vintage there were wild Grapes appeared upon their Vines, which was looked upon as Ominous. When men seemed to bring forth the Fruits of Righteousness, and afterwards bring forth the Wild Grapes of Impiety, it is a sad Omen and Prognostick of their Ruine, 2 Pet. 2.21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of Righteousness, than after they have known it to turn from the Holy Commandment. Let all this make us maintain the power of Holiness in the worst Times: Though others wonder we do not sin after the rate that they do, yet, remember, it is better to go to Heaven with a few, than to Hell in the Crowd.