A65276:34
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.
I Begin with the first. §II. The Scholar, and his proficiency; I have learned. 1Out of which I shall in transitu observe two things by way of paraphrase. 1. It is not [Greek or Hebrew], but [Greek or Hebrew]. The Apostle doth not say, I have heard, that in every state I should be content; but, I have learned. Whence, 1. Doctr.2 It is not enough for Christians to hear their duty, but they must learn their duty. It is one thing to hear, and another thing to learn; as it is one thing to eat, and another thing to concoct. Saint Paul was a Practitioner, ⟨p. 6⟩Christians hear much, but it is to be feared, learn little. There were four sorts of ground in the Parable*, and but one good ground. An emblem of this truth, many Hearers, but few Learners. There are two things which keep us from learning.
I Begin with the first. §II. The Scholar, and his proficiency; I have learned. 1Out of which I shall in transitu observe two things by way of paraphrase. 1. It is not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. The Apostle doth not say, I have heard, that in every state I should be content; but, I have learned. Whence, 1. Doctr.2 It is not enough for Christians to hear their duty, but they must learne their duty. It is one thing to heare, and another thing to learne; as it is one thing to eat, and another thing to concoct. Saint Paul was a Practitioner, ⟨p. 6⟩Christians hear much, but it is to be feared, learne little. There were four sorts of ground in the Parable