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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.
1. He lives as bad as the worst, yet hopes to be saved as well as the best. He doth bless himself, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, Deut. 29.19. As if a man should drink Poison, yet not doubt but he shall have his health. A secure sinner lies in Delilahs lap, yet hopes to be in Abraham's bosom.
1. He lives as bad as the worst, yet hopes to be saved as well as the best. He doth bless himself, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, Deut. 29.19. As if a man should drink Poison, yet not doubt but he shall have his health. A secure sinner lies in Delilahs lap, yet hopes to be in Abrahams bosom.
2. A secure sinner thinks all is well, because all is in peace. He hears others speak of a Spirit of bondage, and the terrors they have felt for sin, he thanks God he never Knew what Trouble of spirit meant; he thinks his ⟨p. 28⟩Conscience is Good, because it is quiet. When the Devil keeps the Palace all is in peace, Luke 11.21. The Philosopher saith, one Great sign of an Earthquake is excessive Calmness of the Air: ungrounded peace doth presage an Earthquake in the conscience.
3. A secure sinner is careless about the main Chance.1