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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. God deals well with his People when he afflicts, because Afflictions are Preventive. 1. They prevent sin, 2 Cor. 12.7. Lest I should be exalted above measure, there was given me a ⟨p. 220⟩Thorn in the Flesh. Prosperity like Opium is ready to make men fall asleep in Sin, God awakens them by the Voice of the Rod, and so prevents a Spiritual Lethargy.
2. They prevent Hell, 1 Cor. 11.32. We are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the World. Doth not a Judge deal well with a Prisoner, when he lays some light penalty on him and saves his Life? Is it not goodness in God, when he lays upon us light Affliction, and saves us from Wrath to come? 2 Cor. 4.17. What is a drop of Sorrow the Godly taste of, to that bottomless Sea of Wrath the Wicked must drink?
2. They prevent Hell, 1 Cor. 11.32. We are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the World. Doth not a Judge deal well with a Prisoner, when he laies some light penalty on him and saves his Life? Is it not goodness in God, when he laies upon us light Affliction, and saves us from Wrath to come? 2 Cor. 4.17. What is a drop of Sorrow the Godly tast of, to that bottomless Sea of Wrath the Wicked must drink?