A65276:70
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.
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CHAP. V.
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The resolving some Questions.
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For the illustration of this Doctrine, I shall propound these Questions.
FOr the illustration of this Doctrine, I shall propound these Questions.
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Quest. 1.1 Whether a Christian may not be sensible of his condition, and yet be contented?
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Answ. Yes;1 For else he is not a Saint, but a Stoic. Rachel did well to weep for her children, (there was nature;) but her fault was, she refused to be comforted, (there was discontent.)