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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.
Let us bewail the want of the Fear of God.—Terras Astraea reliquit.1
- 1Use 3. Lamentation.
Whence is it so few fear God?1
- 1Quest.
1. Because they have not the knowledge of God. *Prov. 1.24.2 They hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: did men know God in his immense glory, they would be swallowed up with divine amazement. When the Prophet Isaiah had a glimpse of Gods Glory, he was stricken with holy consternation. Isaiah 6.5. Woe is me, I am undone, for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Hosts. But the Ignorance of God banisheth fear.
1. Because they have not the knowledge of God. *Prov. 1.24.2