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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.
Answ. 1. Study God: Did we study him more, we should love him more. Take a view of his superlative Excellencies*, his Holiness, his incomprehensible goodness: The Angels know God better than we, and clearly behold the splendour of his Majesty, therefore they are so deeply enamoured with him.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]. Merc. Tris•egist.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Merc. Tris•egist.
2. Labour for an Interest in God, Psal. 36.1. O God, thou art my God; That Pronoun My, is suavissima amoris illecebra, a sweet Load-stone to Love; a man loves that which is his own. The more we believe, the more we love: Faith is the Root, and love is the Flower that grows upon it, Gal. 6.5. Faith which worketh by love.
3. Make it your earnest request to God that he will give you an heart to love him; *this is an acceptable request, sure, God will not deny it. When King Solomon asked wisdom of God,