A65276:169
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.
Consider, 1. He is a loving friend. God is love*, hence he is said sometimes to engrave us on the Palms of his hand, 2Isa. 49. 16. that we may be never out of his eye, and to carry us in his bosom, 3Isa. 40. 11. near to his heart. There is no stop or stint in his love; but as the River Nilus, it overflows all the banks: his love is as far beyond our thoughts, as it is above our deserts. O the infinite love of God, in giving the Son of his love to be made flesh*, which was more then if all the Angels had been made worms! God in giving Christ to us, gave his very heart to us, here is love pencilled out in all its glory, and engraven as with the point of a Diamond. All other love is hatred in comparison of the love of our friend.
Consider, 1. He is a loving friend. God is love*, hence he is said sometimes to engrave us on the Palmes of his hand, 2Isa. 49. 16. that we may be never out of his eye, and to carry us in his bosome, 3Isa. 40. 11. near to his heart. There is no stop or stint in his love; but as the River Nilus, it overflowes all the bankes: his love is as far beyond our thoughts, as it is above our deserts. O the infinite love of God, in giving the Son of his love to be made flesh*, which was more then if all the Angels had been made wormes! God in giving Christ to us, gave his very heart to us, here is love pensil'd out in all its glory, and engraven as with the point of a Diamond. All other love is hatred in comparison of the love of our friend.