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

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THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 1: Showing that negative goodness is but a broken title to heaven.THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 1: Shewing that negative goodnesse is but a broken title to heaven.

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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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1. An habit in sin ^*Psal. 50.20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother.

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CHAP. II. What is meant by the Law of God, what by delight in the Law, and the proposition resulting.