The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation

Name: The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation
Author: Thomas Watson

The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook in the city of London. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1657

[24], 403, [11] p. · 55k words · Wing W1142 · ESTC R210335

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Treatise › Chapter 2: Showing the nature of Meditation.Treatise › Chapter 2: Shewing the nature of Meditation.

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CHAP. II. Showing the nature of Meditation.

CHAP. II. Shewing the nature of Meditation.

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IF it be enquired what meditation is, I answer, ¹meditation is the souls retiring of it self, that by a serious and solemn thinking upon God, the heart may be raised up to heavenly affections. This description hath three branches.

IF it be enquired what meditation is, I answer, ¹meditation is the souls retiring of it selfe, that by a serious and solemne thinking upon God, the heart may be raised up to heavenly affections. This description hath three branches.

1What meditation is.

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1. Meditation is the souls retiring of it self; a Christian, when he goes to meditate, must lock up himself from the world. The world spoils meditation; Christ went apart into the Mount to pray, Mat. 14.23. So, go apart when you are to meditate. Isaac went out to meditate in the field,

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The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation

CHAP. II. Showing the nature of Meditation.

CHAP. II. Shewing the nature of Meditation.

CHAP. III. Proving Meditation to be a duty.

CHAP. IV. Showing how meditation differs from memory.

CHAP. IV. Shewing how meditation differs from memory.

CHAP. V. Showing how Meditation differs from Study.

CHAP. V. Shewing how Meditation differs from Study.

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CHAP. II. Showing the nature of Meditation.

CHAP. II. Shewing the nature of Meditation.

CHAP. III. Proving Meditation to be a duty.

CHAP. IV. Showing how meditation differs from memory.

CHAP. IV. Shewing how meditation differs from memory.

CHAP. V. Showing how Meditation differs from Study.

CHAP. V. Shewing how Meditation differs from Study.