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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
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. The •••fort of life is a believers*.§2 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing •ake a child of God at the […] disadvantage, let his life be •ver-cast with clouds, yet if there be any comfort in life, the believer hath it. Our life is oft imbecile and weak, but the ⟨p. 34⟩spiritual life doth administer comfort to the natural. Homo componitur ex mortali & rationali, Man (saith Augustine) is compounded of the mortal part and the rational part;2 the rational serves to comfort the mortal. So, I may say, a Christian consists of a natural life, and a spiritual, the spiritual revives the natural. Observe how the spiritual life distils sweetness into the natural, in three cases.
2. The •••fort of life is a beleevers*.§2 As sorrowful, yet alwayes rejoycing •ake a childe of God at the 〈…〉 disadvantage, let his life be •ver-cast with clouds, yet if there be any comfort in life, the believer hath it. Our life is oft imbecill and weake, but the ⟨p. 34⟩spiritual life doth administer comfort to the natural. Homo componitur ex mortali & rationali, Man (saith Augustine) is compounded of the mortal part and the rational part;2 the rational serves to comfort the mortal. So, I may say, a Christian consists of a natural life, and a spiritual, the spiritual revives the natural. Observe how the spiritual life distils sweetnesse into the natural, in three cases.