The Godly Man's Picture

3. He shows his love to the Word by delighting in it, it is his recreation, Jer. 15. 16. Thy word• were found, and I did eat them, and thy Word wa• unto me the Joy and rejoicing of my heart. Never did a man take such delight in a dish that he loved, as the Prophet did in the Word: And indeed, how can a Saint choose but take great complacency in the Word, because all that ever he hopes to be worth is contained in it: Doth not a son take pleasure in reading over his Fathers Will and Testament, where he makes a conveyance of his Estate to him?

3. He shows his love to the Word by delighting in it, it is his recreation, Ier. 15. 16. Thy word• were found, and I did eat them, and thy Word wa• unto me the Ioy and rejoycing of my heart. Never did a man take such delight in a dish that he loved, as the Prophet did in the Word: And indeed, how can a Saint chuse but take great complacency in the Word, because all that ever he hopes to be worth is contained in it: Doth not a son take pleasure in reading over his Fathers Will and Testament, where he makes a conveyance of his Estate to him?

4. He shows his love to the Word, by hiding it, Psal. 119. 11. Thy Word have I hid in my heart: As one hides a treasure that it should not be stolen away: The Word is the Jewel, the heart is the Cabinet where it must be locked up: Many hide the Word in their ⟨p. 81⟩memory, but not in their heart. And why would David enclose the Word in his heart? That I might be kept from sinning against thee. As one would carry an Antidote about him, when he comes near an infected place; so a godly man carries the Word in his heart as a spiritual antidote to preserve him from the infection of