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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.
3. When Christians grow more in love with the World, it argues the decrease of spiritual love. They were once of a sublime Heavenly temper, they did speak the language of Canaan; but now they are like the fish in the Gospel, which had money in its mouth, Mat. 17. ult. they cannot lisp out three words, but one is about […]; their thoughts and affections (like Satan) are still compassing the earth; a sign they are going down the hill apace, their love to God is in a Consumption. We may observe, when Nature decays and grows weaker, persons go more stooping: And truly when the heart goes more stooping to the Earth, and is so bowed together, that it can scarce lift up it self to an Heavenly thought, it is now sadly declining in its first love. When Rust cleaves to Metal, it doth not only take away the brightness of the Metal, but it doth canker and ⟨p. 137⟩consume it: So when the earth cleaves to mens souls, it doth not only hinder the shining lustre of their graces, but it doth by degrees canker their graces.
3. When Christians grow more in love with the World, it argues the decrease of spiritual love. They were once of a sublime Heavenly temper, they did speak the language of Canaan; but now they are like the fish in the Gospel, which had money in its mouth, Mat. 17. ult. they cannot lisp out three words, but one is about 〈…〉; their thoughts and affections (like Satan) are still compassing the earth; a sign they are going down the hill apace, their love to God is in a Consumption. We may observe, when Nature decays and grows weaker, persons go more stooping: And truly when the heart goes more stooping to the Earth, and is so bowed together, that it can scarce lift up it self to an Heavenly thought, it is now sadly declining in its first love. When Rust cleaves to Mettal, it doth not only take away the brightness of the Mettal, but it doth canker and ⟨p. 137⟩consume it: So when the earth cleaves to mens souls, it doth not only hinder the shining lustre of their graces, but it doth by degrees canker their graces.