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A plea for the Godly
A plea for the Godly wherein is shown the excellency of a righteous person / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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.
9. A righteous man hath more excellent joys: Religion doth not restrain but resin his joy; what is the joy of a sinner! he takes joy in corn and wine, he sucks from the flower of pleasure; alas, what is this to the ⟨p. 48⟩joy of the righteous? Rom. 5. 11. We joy in God*. This joy ariseth from the pardon of sin, the first-fruits of the spirit, the prelibation and fore-taste of glory; the gleanings of this heavenly joy, are better than the vintage of carnal joy: Plato told the Musicians, That Philosophers could dine and sup without them, much more a Believer can be merry in the Lord, without the supplement of worldly comforts.
9. A righteous man hath more excellent joys: Religion doth not restrain but resine his joy; what is the joy of a sinner! he takes joy in corn and wine, he sucks from the flower of pleasure; alas, what is this to the ⟨p. 48⟩joy of the righteous? Rom. 5. 11. We joy in God*. This joy ariseth from the pardon of sin, the first-fruits of the spirit, the praelibation and fore-tast of glory; the gleanings of this heavenly joy, are better than the vintage of carnal joy: Plato told the Musitians, That Philosophers could dine and sup without them, much more a Believer can be merry in the Lord, without the supplement of worldly comforts.
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