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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. 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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2. 1The soul is still with God by desire. His anchor is cast in Heaven, Hebr. 6.19. and he is carried thither with the sails of desire. David did shoot his heart into Heaven by desire; *he had strong anhelations and pantings after God. Psal. 73.25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon earth I desire besides ⟨p. 292⟩thee, he saith not, he had nothing upon earth, he had his Crown and Sceptre, but nothing he desired like God.