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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.
2. A Carnal fear*; this is the Ague of the Soul which sets it a shaking. He who is timorous will be treacherous; he will decoy his friend, and deny his God. Three times in one Chapter Christ cautions us against the fear of Men, Mat. 10. Vers. 26, 28, 31. Aristotle saith the reason why the Chameleon turns into so many colours, is through excessive fear: Fear makes men change their Religion as the Chameleon doth her Colours.
2. A Carnal fear*; this is the Ague of the Soul which sets it a shaking. He who is timorous will be treacherous; he will decoy his friend, and deny his God. Three times in one Chapter Christ cautions us against the fear of Men, Mat. 10. Vers. 26, 28, 31. Aristotle saith the reason why the Camelion turns into so many colours, is through excessive fear: Fear makes men change their Religion as the Camelion doth her Colours.
- *Pessimus in dubijs timor augur.
1. Carnal Fear is discruciating, 1 Joh. 4.18. Fear hath torment in it; the Greek word for Torment, *is sometimes put for Hell, Mat. 25.46. Fear hath Hell in it.