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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
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.
1. Temptation sends the soul to prayer. The more furiously Satan tempts, the more fervently the Saint prays. The Deer being shot with the Dart runs faster to the water: When Satan shoots his fiery darts at the soul, now it runs faster to the Throne of Grace. When Paul had the Messenger of Satan to buffet him, 2 Cor. 12.8. For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Temptation is a Medicine for security. That which makes us pray more, works for good.
1. Temptation sends the soul to prayer. The more furiously Satan tempts, the more fervently the Saint prayes. The Deer being shot with the Dart runs faster to the water: When Satan shoots his fiery darts at the soul, now it runs faster to the Throne of Grace. When Paul had the Messenger of Satan to buffet him, 2 Cor. 12.8. For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Temptation is a Medicine for security. That which makes us pray more, works for good.
2. Temptation to sin, is a means to keep from the perpetration of sin. The more a child of God is tempted, the more he fights against the temptation: The more Satan tempts to blasphemy, the more a Saint trembles at such thoughts, and saith, avoid Satan. When Joseph's Mistress tempted him to folly, the stronger her temptation was, the stronger was his opposition. That temptation the Devil useth as a Spur to sin, God makes it a Bridle to keep back a Christian from it. The more a chaste Virgin is assaulted, the more she abhors the motion.
2. Temptation to sin, is a means to keep from the perpetration of sin. The more a child of God is tempted, the more he fights against the temptation: The more Satan tempts to blasphemy, the more a Saint trembles at such thoughts, and saith, avoid Satan. When Ioseph's Mistriss tempted him to folly, the stronger her temptation was, the stronger was his opposition. That temptation the Devil useth as a Spur to sin, God makes it a Bridle to keep back a Christian from it. The more a chast Virgin is assaulted, the more she abhors the motion.