A96109:30
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.
This But is full of spiritual wine, we will broach it, and taste a little, then proceed.
But] This is a term of opposition. The godly man is described,
But] This is a tearme of opposition. The godly man is described,
1. By way of negation, in three particulars. 1. 1He walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. He is none of the Counsel; he neither gives bad counsel, nor takes it. 2. He standeth not in the way of sinners. He will not stand among those who shall not be able to stand in the judgement, verse 5.3. He sitteth not in the seat of the scornful. Let it be a chair of state, he will not sit in it, he knows it will prove very uneasy at last. The word sitting *implies,
1. By way of negation, in three particulars. 1. 1He walketh not in the councel of the ungodly. He is none of the Councel; he neither gives bad councel, nor takes it. 2. He standeth not in the way of sinners. He will not stand among those who shall not be able to stand in the judgement, verse 5.3. He sitteth not in the seat of the scornful. Let it be a chaire of state, he will not sit in it, he knows it will prove very uneasie at last. The word sitting *implies,
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