The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation

Name: The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation
Author: Thomas Watson

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.

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1657

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THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 2: What is meant by the Law of God, what by delight in the Law, and the proposition result…

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CHAP. II. What is meant by the Law of God, what by delight in the Law, and the proposition resulting.

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The words give us a twofold description of a godly man.

THe words give us a twofold description of a godly man.

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First, He delights in Gods Law.

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Secondly, he meditates in Gods Law.

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I begin with the first. His delight is in the Law of the Lord: The great God hath grafted the affection of delight in every creature; it hath by the instinct of nature something to delight it self in^*. Now the true Saint, not by instinction, but divine inspiration makes the Law of God his delight. This is the badge of a Christian, ejus oblectatio in lege Jehovae, his delight is in the Law of

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CHAP. II. What is meant by the Law of God, what by delight in the Law, and the proposition resulting.

CHAP. III. Whence the Saints spiritual delight springeth.