A96109:430
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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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.
Yea, he is altogether lovely, *as if the Spouse had said, what do I go to set Christ forth in his several parts, his Head of Gold, his Eyes like doves, his hands as Gold rings set with the Beryl, his Belly as bright Ivory overlaid with Sapphires, &c. alas, What is all this that I have been speaking of Christ? how barren is my invention, how dull are my expressions, what ever I have said of him falls infinitely short of his worth, but this I affirm, he is altogether lovely*.
Yea, he is altogether lovely, *as if the Spouse had said, what do I go to set Christ forth in his several parts, his Head of Gold, his Eyes like doves, his hands as Gold rings set with the Beryll, his Belly as bright Ivory overlaid with Saphires, &c. alas, What is all this that I have been speaking of Christ? how barren is my invention, how dull are my expressions, what ever I have said of him falls infinitely short of his worth, but this I affirm, he is altogether lovely*.