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A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects
A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects by Stephen Charnock.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1683
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.
There are two parts. 1. Cheerfulness on our parts. 2. Grants on Gods part.
There are two parts. 1. Chearfulness on our parts. 2. Grants on Gods part.
1 Cheerfulness and delight on our parts. Joy is the tuning the Soul. The command to rejoice precedes the command to pray, 1 Thes. 5.16, 17. Rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing. Delight makes the melody, prayer else will be but a harsh sound. God accepts the heart only, when it is a gift given, not forced. Delight is the marrow of Religion.
1 Chearfulness and delight on our parts. Joy is the tuning the Soul. The command to rejoyce precedes the command to pray, 1 Thes. 5.16, 17. Rejoyce evermore, pray without ceasing. Delight makes the melody, prayer else will be but a harsh sound. God accepts the heart only, when it is a gift given, not forc'd. Delight is the marrow of Religion.
1. Dullness is not suitable to the great things we are chiefly to beg for. Gospel-discoveries are a feast, Isa. 25.6. Dullness becomes not such a solemnity. Manna must not be sought for with a dumpish heart. With joy we are to draw water out of the Wells of Salvation, Isa. 12.3. Faith is the bucket, but joy and love are the hands that move it. They are the Hur and Aaron that hold up the hands of this Moses. God doth not value that mans service, who accounts not his service a privilege and a pleasure.