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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. The mercies of God make the heart fruitful. When you lay out more cost upon a ••eld, it bears a better crop. A gracious soul ⟨p. 14⟩honours the Lord with his Substance; he doth not do with his mercies, as Israel with their Jewels and Ear-Rings, make a Golden Calf; but as Solomon did with the money thrown into the Treasury, build a Temple for the Lord. The Golden showers of mercy cause fertility.
3. The mercies of God make the heart •ruitful. When you lay out more cost upon a ••eld, it bears a better crop. A gracious soul ⟨p. 14⟩honours the Lord with his Substance; he doth not do with his mercies, as Israel with their Jewels and Ear-Rings, make a Golden Calfe; but as Solomon did with the money thrown into the Treasury, build a Temple for the Lord. The Golden showres of mercy cause fertility.
4. The mercies of God make the heart thankful: Psal. 116.12, 13. Quid retribuam Domino? What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? I will take the Cup of salvation. David alludes to the people of Israel, who at their Peace-Offerings did use to take a Cup in their hands, and give thanks to God for Deliverances. Every mercy is an Alms of Free Grace; and this enlargeth the soul in gratitude. A good Christian is not a Grave to bury Gods mercies, but a Temple to sing his praise. If every Bird in its Kind (as Ambrose speaks) doth chirp forth thankfulness to its Maker; much more will an ingenious Christian, whose life is enriched and perfumed with mercy.
4. The mercies of God make the heart thankful: