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Religion Our True Interest

by Thomas Watson

A rich Puritan exposition of Malachi 3:16-17, tracing the marks of true godliness — holy fear, sacred conversation, and meditation on God's name — and the remarkable rewards God bestows on those who fear him. Watson unfolds how God listens, records, and rewards his people's piety, owning them as his jewels and sparing them as a father his son. Practical, searching, and warmly devotional, this treatise closes with extended notes on Psalm 119:65, celebrating God's faithful dealings with his servants.
Chapters
22
Word count
42,417
Type
Treatise
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Table of contents

  1. 01 Practical Notes upon Malachi 3:16-17 74 words
  2. 02 Chap. 1. Showing That Christians Should Hold Fast Their Integrity in Times of Defection 2,219 words
  3. 03 Chap. 2. Showing the Character in General of the Godly, and What the Fear of God Is 1,038 words
  4. 04 Chap. 3. Cogent Reasons Enforcing the Fear of God 420 words
  5. 05 Chap. 4. Containing a Practical Improvement of the Proposition 11,659 words
  6. 06 Chap. 5. Showing the First Special Character of the Godly: Speaking of God 313 words
  7. 07 Chap. 6. Containing the Applicatory Part 2,935 words
  8. 08 Chap. 7. Means Conducing to Holy Conference 404 words
  9. 09 Chap. 8. Showing the Second Special Character of the Godly: Thinking of God 559 words
  10. 10 Chap. 9. Containing a Sharp Reproof 1,577 words
  11. 11 Chap. 10. Incentives to Holy Thoughts 2,299 words
  12. 12 Chap. 11. Helps to Holy Thoughts 373 words
  13. 13 Chap. 12. Showing the First Good Effect of the Saints' Piety 377 words
  14. 14 Chap. 13. Inferences Drawn from the Proposition 1,178 words
  15. 15 Chap. 14. Showing the Second Good Effect of the Saints' Piety 1,191 words
  16. 16 Chap. 15. Several Corollaries Flowing from the Proposition 1,296 words
  17. 17 Chap. 16. Showing the Third Good Effect of the Saints' Piety 2,020 words
  18. 18 Chap. 17. The First Part of the Saints' Reward: God's Owning Them 1,978 words
  19. 19 Chap. 18. The Second Part of the Saints' Reward: God's Honoring Them 3,931 words
  20. 20 Chap. 19. The Third Part of the Saints' Reward: God's Sparing Them 2,373 words
  21. 21 Chap. 20. Concluding the Chapter 1,194 words
  22. 22 Chap. 21. God's Gracious Dealing with His People: A Consolation in Affliction 3,009 words

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