A96109:376
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.
1. What it is to be still with God. In general, it is to have a sweet intercourse and Communion with God. 1 Joh. 1.3. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus. In prayer we speak to God, in the Sacrament he kisseth us with the kisses of his lips, he giveth us a privy seal of his love.
2. In what sense the soul is said to be still with God. I answer, the soul is still with God five manner of ways.
2. In what sence the soul is said to be still with God. I answer, the soul is still with God five manner of wayes.
1. By contemplation. So Ainsworth understands the Text. 1I am still with thee, that is, by divine contemplation. Davids thoughts were ever and anon running upon God. So vers. 17. How precious are thy thoughts unto me. O God! Davids mind was a spiritual mint, he minted most gold, most ⟨p. 253⟩of his thoughts were heavenly. Thoughts are as travellers and passengers in the soul, Davids thoughts were still travelling towards the Jerusalem above. In Davids dangers God was still with him, in Davids contemplations he was still with God. Anaxagoras said he was born to contemplate Heaven. Thus a Christian is still with God, he is viewing glory, his thoughts are all packed up and gone.
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