A96109:246
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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The meditation of our experiences would, §11. Raise us to thankfulness. Considering that God hath set an hedge of providence about us, he hath strewed our way with roses; this would make us take the Harp and Vial, and praise the Lord; and not only praise, but record*, 1 Chr. 16.4. The meditating Christian keeps a Register or Chronicle of Gods mercies, that the memory of them doth not decay. God would have the Manna kept in the Ark many hundred years, that the remembrance of that miracle might be preserved; a meditating soul takes care that the spiritual Manna of an experience be kept safe.
The meditation of our experiences would, §11. Raise us to thankfulnesse. Considering that God hath set an hedge of providence about us, he hath strewed our way with roses; this would make us take the Harp and Vial, and praise the Lord; and not only praise, but record*, 1 Chr. 16.4. The meditating Christian keeps a Register or Chronicle of Gods mercies, that the memory of them doth not decay. God would have the Manna kept in the Ark many hundred years, that the remembrance of that miracle might be preserved; a meditating soul takes care that the spiritual Manna of an experience be kept safe.
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