A65285:1351
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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.
2. It ariseth from the Feeling of some Good.] Joy is not a Fancy, or bred of Conceit, but is Rational, and ariseth from the feeling of some Good (viz.) The Sense of Gods Love and Favour. Joy is so Real a thing, that it makes a sudden Change in a Person; it turns Mourning into Melody: As in Spring time, when the Sun comes to our Horizon, it makes a sudden Alteration in the Face of the Universe; the Birds sing, the Flowers appear, the Fig-tree puts forth forth her green Figs; every thing seems to rejoice and put off its Mourning, as being revived with the sweet Influence of the Sun: so when the Sun of Righteousness ariseth on the Soul, it makes a sudden Alteration, and the Soul is infinitely rejoiced with the Golden Beams of Gods Love.
2. It ariseth from the Feeling of some Good.] Joy is not a Fancy, or bred of Conceit, but is Rational, and ariseth from the feeling of some Good (viz.) The Sense of Gods Love and Favour. Joy is so Real a thing, that it makes a sudden Change in a Person; it turns Mourning into Melody: As in Spring time, when the Sun comes to our Horizon, it makes a sudden Alteration in the Face of the Universe; the Birds sing, the Flowers appear, the Fig-tree puts forth forth her green Figs; every thing seems to rejoyce and put off its Mourning, as being revived with the sweet Influence of the Sun: so when the Sun of Righteousness ariseth on the Soul, it makes a sudden Alteration, and the Soul is infinitely rejoyced with the Golden Beams of Gods Love.
3. By it the Soul is supported under present Troubles.] Joy stupefies and swallows up Troubles; it carries the Heart above them, as the Oil swims above the Water.
3. By it the Soul is supported under present Troubles.] Joy stupifies and swallows up Troubles; it carries the Heart above them, as the Oyl swims above the Water.