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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.
3. Let us be inlaid with sincerity. If a piece of Timber begin to bend, it is because it is not sound. Why do any bend and comply against their Conscience, but because their hearts are not sound, Psal. 78.37. Their hearts were not right with him, neither were they steadfast. Sincerity causeth stability. When the Apostle exhorts to stand fast in the evil day, among the rest of the Christian armour, he bids them put on the Girdle of truth, Ephes. 6.19. Stand fast therefore, having your loins Girt about with truth. The Girdle of Truth is nothing else but sincerity.
3. Let us be inlaid with sincerity. If a piece of Timber begin to bend, it is because it is not sound. Why do any bend and comply against their Conscience, but because their hearts are not sound, Psal. 78.37. Their hearts were not right with him, neither were they stedfast. Sincerity causeth stability. When the Apostle exhorts to stand fast in the evil day, among the rest of the Christian armour, he bids them put on the Girdle of truth, Ephes. 6.19. Stand fast therefore, having your loins Girt about with truth. The Girdle of Truth is nothing else but sincerity.
4. Let us get love to Christ. Love is an holy transport, it fires the affections, steels the Courage, carries a Christian above the love of life, and the fear of death, Cant. 8.7. Many waters cannot quench Love: Love made Christ suffer for us. If any one ask what Christ died off; it may be answered, he died of Love. If we love Christ, we will own him in the worst times, and be like that Virgin Basil speaks of, who not accepting deliverance upon sinful terms, cried out, Let Life and Money go, welcome Christ.