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Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…
Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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. Thinking on God is sweet, it Ushers in a secret delight into the Soul Psalm 104.34. My meditation of him shall be sweet. He whose Head is got above the Clouds, his Thoughts are sled aloft, and he hath God in his eye, is full of divine Raptures, and cries out as Peter in the transfiguration, Lord, it is good to be here. Holy Thoughts are the Dove we send out of the Ark of our Souls, and they bring an Olive branch of Peace. Some complain they have no Joy of their lives; and truly no wonder, when they are such strangers to Heavenly Contemplation. ⟨p. 121⟩Would you have God give you Comfort, and never think of him? Indeed Israel had Manna dropped into their Tents, and they never Thought of it; but God will not drop down this Manna of Heavenly Joy on that Soul which seldom or never thinks of him. Would you have your Spirits cheerful? let your Thoughts be celestial. The higher the Lark flies, the Sweeter it sings: The higher a Soul ascends in the Thoughts of God, the sweeter Joy it hath.
9. Thinking on God is sweet, it Ushers in a secret delight into the Soul Psalm 104.34. My meditation of him shall be sweet. He whose Head is got above the Clouds, his Thoughts are sled aloft, and he hath God in his eye, is full of divine Raptures, and cries out as Peter in the transfiguration, Lord, it is good to be here. Holy Thoughts are the Dove we send out of the Ark of our Souls, and they bring an Olive branch of Peace. Some complain they have no Joy of their lives; and truly no wonder, when they are such strangers to Heavenly Contemplation. ⟨p. 121⟩Would you have God give you Comfort, and never think of him? Indeed Israel had Manna drop'd into their Tents, and they never Thought of it; but God will not drop down this Manna of Heavenly Joy on that Soul which seldom or never thinks of him. Would you have your Spirits chearful? let your Thoughts be celestial. The higher the Lark flies, the Sweeter it sings: The higher a Soul ascends in the Thoughts of God, the sweeter Joy it hath.