A96109:389
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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Thus there is a variety of fullness in the Lord Jesus. O Christian, what is it thou needest? Dost thou want quickening grace Christ is the Prince of life Act. 3.15. Dost thou want healing grace, Christ hath made a medicine of his own body to cure thee*, Isa. 53, 5. Dost thou want cleansing grace, there is the bath of his blood to wash thee, 1 John 1.7. The blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all our sin. ⟨p. 295⟩Let not the Poets tell us of their Aonia and Castalia, Fountains in which they supposed their Nymphs to have washed, These waters distilled out of Christs sides are infinitely more pure. Pliny saith that the Water-courses of Rome are the worlds wonder, Oh had he known these sacred Water-courses in Christs blood, how would he have been stricken with admiration? and do you wonder the soul is still with Christ when there is all fullness in him?
Thus there is a variety of fullness in the Lord Jesus. O Christian, what is it thou needest? Dost thou want quickning grace Christ is the Prince of life Act. 3.15. Dost thou want healing grace, Christ hath made a medicine of his own body to cure thee*, Isa. 53, 5. Dost thou want cleansing grace, there is the bath of his bloud to wash thee, 1 John 1.7. The bloud of Jesus cleanseth us from all our sin. ⟨p. 295⟩Let not the Poets tell us of their Aonia and Castalia, Fountains in which they supposed their Nymphs to have washed, These waters distill'd out of Christs sides are infinitely more pure. Pliny saith that the Water-courses of Rome are the worlds wonder, Oh had he known these sacred Water-courses in Christs bloud, how would he have been stricken with admiration? and do you wonder the soul is still with Christ when there is all fulness in him?