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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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Answ. Answ. 1. Get a right Judgement: 'Tis a great matter to have the Judgement set right: Get a right judgement of sin, and you will be never with it: get a right Judgement of God, and you will be still with him. In God are all combined excellencies: How sweet is his love, how satisfying is his presence? But as the Painter drew a veil over Agamemnons face, because the greatness of his grief for his daughter Iphigenia could ⟨p. 321⟩not be expressed: So when I speak of the glorious perfections in God, I must draw a veil, neither pen, nor pencil can set them forth in their orient lustre, the angels here must be silent.
Answ. Answ. 1. Get a right Judgement: 'Tis a great matter to have the Judgement set right: Get a right judgement of sin, and you will be never with it: get a right Judgement of God, and you will be still with him. In God are all combined excellencies: How sweet is his love, how satisfying is his presence? But as the Painter drew a vail over Agamemnons face, because the greatness of his grief for his daughter Iphigenia could ⟨p. 321⟩not be expressed: So when I speak of the glorious perfections in God, I must draw a vail, neither pen, nor pensil can set them forth in their orientlustre, the angels here must be silent.
2. If you would be still with God, watch over your hearts every day. Lock up your hearts with God every morning, and give him the key. The heart will be stealing out to vanity*: Lord (saith Bernard) there's nothing more flitting then my heart. Keep watch and ward there; especially (Christians) look to your hearts after an Ordinance; when you have been with God in duty; now expect a temptation. Physicians say, The body must be more carefully looked to when it comes out of an hot Bath; for the pores being open it is more in danger of catching cold: