A96109:226
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
O in effabile gaudium in beat is glorificatis qui ad dextram Christi sistent; astituri ipsi ut subditi screnissimo suo principi, ut filii benignissimo suo patri, ut regale sacerdotium gratiosissimo suo pontifici; mater solomonis fuit ad dextram regis in Throno posita, 1 King. 2.19. O vero quam caduca haec, etsi regia majestas! in novissimo autem die vere magnifica & gloriosa erit constitutio ad dextram solomonis coelestis desiderium cordis plenissime illis dabit, apponet capiti eorum diadema auri*. Solom. Classius Exeg. 4.
- *Ps. 21.3.
Meditate often on this Jerusalem above.
The meditation of heaven, would, §11. Excite and quicken obedience. It would put spurs to our sluggish hearts, and make us abound in the work of God, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord, 1 Cor. 15.58. The weight of glory would not hinder us in our race, but cause us to run the faster: this weight would add wings to duty.
The meditation of heaven, would, §11. Excite and quicken obedience. It would put spurs to our sluggish hearts, and make us abound in the work of God, knowing that our labour is not in vaine in the Lord,