A96109:392
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.
Use 1 It shows us an art how to be in heaven before our time, namely by being still with God. A Good Christian begins his heaven here, Grace translates him ⟨p. 306⟩into the paradise of God1; Elijah left his Mantle behind, but he was taken up in a fiery Chariot; So it is with a Saint the mantle of the flesh is left behind, but his soul is carried up in a fiery Chariot of love.
Ʋse 1 It shews us an art how to be in heaven before our time, namely by being still with God. A Good Christian begins his heaven here, Grace translates him ⟨p. 306⟩into the paradise of God1; Eliah left his Mantle behind, but hewas taken up in a fiery Chariot; So it is with a Saint the mantle of the flesh is left behind, but his soul is carried up in a fiery Chariot of love.
- 1Sunt pennae volucres mihi quae celsa conscendant poli. Boethius.Sunt pennae volucres mihi quae celsa conscendant poli. Boetius.
Use. 2 2. Use is of Reproof, and it consists of two branches.
Ʋse. 2 2. Use is of Reproof, and it consists of two branches.