A96109:383
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.
3. The third thing is why a Gracious heart is still with God There are five reasons why it is so. §11. from the nature of grace, grace carries the soul up towards God. Grace is like fire est mollis flamma medullis. Tis the nature of fire to ascend. You that lie grovelling on the earth feeding like the serpent on dust, or like eels wrapping your selves in the mud and slime of the world had ⟨p. 291⟩you that new and holy principle of grace infused, your souls would sparkle upwards, you would mount up to heaven as Eagles, Isa. 40.31. had you the sharp eye of faith to see Christ, you would soon have the swift wing of desire to fly to him.
3. The third thing is why a Gracious heart is still with God There are five reasons why it is so. §11. from the nature of grace, grace carries the soul up towards God. Grace is like fire est mollis flamma medullis. Tis the nature of fire to ascend. You that ly groveling on the earth feeding like the serpent on dust, or like eels wrapping your selves in the mud and slime of the world had ⟨p. 291⟩you that new and holy principle of grace infused, your souls would sparkle upwards, you would mount up to heaven as Eagles, Isa. 40.31. had you the sharp eye of faith to see Christ, you would soon have the swift wing of desire to fly to him.