Friday, April 28, 2006
The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson
He loves the threatinging part of the Word. The Scripture is like the garden of Eden: as it has a tree of life in it, so it has a flaming sword at its gates. This is the trhreatening of the Word. It flashes fire in the face of every person who goes on obstinately in wickedness. 'God shall wound the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses' (Psa. 68:21). The Word gives no indulgence to evil. It will not let a man halt between God and sin. The true mother would not let her child be divided (1 Kings 3:26), and God will not have the heart divided. The word thunders against the very appearance of evil. It is like that flying roll of curses(Zech 5:1).
The Godly man loves the menaces of the Word. He knows there is love in every threat. God would not have us perish; he therefore mercifully threatens us, so that he may scare us from sin. God's threats are like the buoy, which shows the rocks in the sea and threatens death to such as come near. The threat is a curbing bit to check us, so that we may not run in full career to hell. There is mercy in every threat. p 60-61
Thomas Watson was one of the easiest puritan writers to read. His works bring such good information to the christian on how to live a Godly life.
The Godly man loves the menaces of the Word. He knows there is love in every threat. God would not have us perish; he therefore mercifully threatens us, so that he may scare us from sin. God's threats are like the buoy, which shows the rocks in the sea and threatens death to such as come near. The threat is a curbing bit to check us, so that we may not run in full career to hell. There is mercy in every threat. p 60-61
Thomas Watson was one of the easiest puritan writers to read. His works bring such good information to the christian on how to live a Godly life.
