# “A child of God keeps two books always by him” by Thomas Watson

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“A child of God keeps two books always by him:

One to write his sins in, so that he may be humble;

The other to write his mercies in, so that he may be thankful.”

–Thomas Watson, [_The Godly Man’s Picture Drawn with a Scripture-Pencil, or, Some Characteristic Marks of a Man who is Going to Heaven_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851515959?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1666/2003), 132.

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