A32724:341
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.
2. Whence this delight springs.
1. From the Spirit of God. Not a spark of fire upon our own hearth, that is able to kindle this Spiritual delight; 'Tis the holy Ghost that breaths such an heavenly heat into our affections. The Spirit is the fire that kindles the Soul, the spring that moves the watch, the wind that drives the ship. The swiftest ship with spread sails will be but sluggish in its motion, unless the wind fills its sails; without this Spirit we are but in a weak and sickly condition, our breath, but short, a heavy and troublesome Asthma is upon us, Psal. 138.3. When I cried unto thee, thou didst strengthen me with strength in my Soul. As prayer is the work of the Spirit in the heart, so doth delight in prayer owe itself to the same author. God will make them joyful in his house of prayer, Isa. 56.7.
1. From the Spirit of God. Not a spark of fire upon our own hearth, that is able to kindle this Spiritual delight; 'Tis the holy Ghost that breaths such an heavenly heat into our affections. The Spirit is the fire that kindles the Soul, the spring that moves the watch, the wind that drives the ship. The swiftest ship with spread sails will be but sluggish in its motion, unless the wind fills its sails; without this Spirit we are but in a weak and sickly condition, our breath, but short, a heavy and troublesome Asthma is upon us, Psal. 138.3. When I cryed unto thee, thou didst strengthen me with strength in my Soul. As prayer is the work of the Spirit in the heart, so doth delight in prayer owe itself to the same author. God will make them joyful in his house of prayer, Isa. 56.7.