A65276:153
The Art of Divine Contentment
Autarkeia, or, The art of divine contentment by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. You may pick something out of your child's undutifulness;1 the ⟨p. 73⟩child's sin is sometimes the Parents Sermon; quod dolet, docet, the undutifulness of children to us may be a memento to put us in mind of our undutifulness once to God. Time was when we were rebellious children; how long did our hearts stand out as Garrisons against God? how long did he parley with us, and beseech us ere we would yield? he walked in the tenderness of his heart towards us, but we walked in the frowardness of our hearts towards him; and since grace hath been planted in our souls, how much of the wild Olive is still in us? how many motions of the Spirit do we daily resist? how many unkindnesses and affronts have we put upon Christ? Let this open a spring of •e•••tance; look upon your child•s rebellion, and mourn for your […] rebellion.
1. You may pick something out of your childes undutifulnesse;1 the ⟨p. 73⟩childes sinne is sometimes the Parents Sermon; quod dolet, docet, the undutifulnesse of children to us may be a memento to put us in minde of our undutifulnesse once to God. Time was when we were rebellious children; how long did our hearts stand out as Garisons against God? how long did he parly with us, and beseech us ere we would yield? hee walked in the tenderness of his heart towards us, but wee walked in the frowardnesse of our hearts towards him; and since grace hath been planted in our soules, how much of the wilde Olive is still in us? how many motions of the Spirit doe we daily resist? how many unkindnesses and affronts have we put upon Christ? Let this open a spring of •e•••tance; look upon your child•s rebellion, and mourne for your 〈…〉 rebellion.