A96109:451
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.
Type. 2 2. By the Manna. This pointed at Christ. He is like the Manna in three things.
1. The figure of Manna was circular, Exod. 16.14. There lay a small round thing, &c. The circle is a figure of perfection; this typed out Christ in whom is all perfection.
2. 1The Manna was a meat prepared for Israel in an extraordinary manner; so the Hebrew word (from whence Manna seems to be derived*) signifies to prepare. Manna was a meat cooked and dressed in heaven; God himself prepared it, and then served it in; Thus Jesus Christ was like Manna, he was prepared and set apart by his Father to the blessed work of mediatorship, Heb. 10.5. A body hast thou prepared me
2. 1The Manna was a meat prepared for Israel in an extraordinary manner; so the Hebrew word (from whence Manna seems to be derived*) signifies to prepare. Manna was a meat cook'd and dressed in heaven; God himself prepared it, and then serv'd it in; Thus Jesus Christ was like Manna, he was prepared and set apart by his Father to the blessed work of mediatorship,