A96109:453
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.
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, Heb. 10.5. Abody hast thou prepared me
- 1Cibus paratus.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
3. The Jewish Rabbins say, Manna suited it self to every ones palate; whatever he desired, that he found in Manna; so Jesus Christ ⟨p. 340⟩