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The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation
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.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1657
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CHAP. III. Proving Meditation to be a duty.
1. Meditation is a duty imposed; It is not arbitrary; there is a jus divinum in it. The same God who hath bid us believe, hath bid us meditate, Josh. 1.8. This book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night. These words, though spoken to the person of Joshua, yet they concern every one; as the promise made to Joshua concerned all believers, Joshua 1.5. compared ⟨p. 67⟩with Heb. 13.5. So this precept made to the person of Joshua, thou shalt meditate in this book of the Law, takes in all Christians; it is the part of an hypocrite to enlarge the promise, and to straiten the precept. Thou shalt meditate in this book of the Law; the word Thou, is indefinite, and reacheth every Christian; As Gods Word doth direct, so his will must enforce obedience.