A96109:380
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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Amore. 3 3. The soul is still with God by love. Where a mans love is there he is; what an egress and expansion of heart is there to that which we love. Bonaventure calls love the wing of the soul, on this wing did David fly to Heaven. I am still with thee. Love hath this property, it unites at a distance, *it fixeth the heart upon the object. Thus the love-sick spouse when she could not see Christ, yet she embraced him in her affections; when her eye was not upon him yet her love was. Saw ye him whom my soul loves? Cant. 3.3. Christ my love is crucified, said Ignatius. *As Christ was fastened to the Cross so he is ⟨p. 286⟩to a Christians heart. A true Saint is like the Tribe of Manasseh, half of the Tribe was on this side Jordan and half on the other side in the holy Land; *So it is with a Saint, half of him is on this side and half in the holy Land, his flesh is on earth, his heart in heaven; as it was said of Paul, 2 Cor. 12.2. Whether in the body I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; So it may be said of a good Christian, tis hard to tell whether he be in the body, or out of the body, his love is in heaven*, he is lodged in the Tree of life. The fire of love boils the heart as high as heaven.
Amore. 3 3. The soul is still with God by love. Where a mans love is there he is; what an egresse and expansion of heart is there to that which we love. Bonaventure cals love the wing of the soul, on this wing did David flie to Heaven. I am still with thee. Love hath this property, it unites at a distance, *it fixeth the heart upon the object. Thus the love-sick spouse when she could not see Christ, yet she imbraced him in her affections; when her eye was not upon him yet her love was. Saw ye him whom my soul loves?