A96109:422
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.
V. 10 He is white and ruddy, v. 10. This denotes the excellency of complexion*; in him is a mixture of the purest colours; he is of unspotted beauty.
- *Perfecta pulchritudo sita est in suavitate caloris, & harmonia membrorum. Plato
—Niveo natat ignis in ore purpureus—
The chiefest among ten thousand. The Hebrew word is [Greek or Hebrew]. The Standard-Bearer among ten thousand*; The Standard is a Warlike Ensign, and he who did bear the Standard in ancient times, was the most eminent person in the Army; so Christ is the most glorious Person of renown, the Standard Bearer; According to that Isa 11.10. He shall stand for an Ensign of the People.
The chiefest among ten thousand. The Hebrew word is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. The Standard-Bearer among ten thousand*; The Standard is a Warlike Ensign, and he who did bear the Standard in antient times, was the most eminent person in the Army; so Christ is the most glorious Person of renown, the Standard Bearer; According to that Isa 11.10. He shall stand for an Ensigne of the People.
- *[Greek or Hebrew] significat vexillum erigere, seu insignire.