A96109:460
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.
1. He is resembled to a Rose, Cant. 2.1. I am the Rose of Sharon*. The Rose is Regina florum; the Queen of flowers: 'tis most delicious for colour and scent; to show that fragrant perfume which Christ sends forth. All Roses, though beautiful, have their prickles; only the Rose of Sharon excepted; so sweet is this Rose of Paradise, that it makes us become a sweet savour to God, Ephes. 1.6. This Rose is semper vivens, it never loseth its colour or fragrancy, and is it not very lovely?
1. He is resembled to a Rose, Cant. 2.1. I am the Rose of Sharon*. The Rose is Regina florum; the Queen of flowers: 'tis most delicious for colour and scent; to shew that fragrant perfume which Christ sends forth. All Roses, though beautiful, have their prickles; only the Rose of Sharon excepted; so sweet is this Rose of Paradise, that it makes us become a sweet savour to God, Ephes. 1.6. This Rose is semper vivens, it never loseth its colour or fragrancy, and is it not very lovely?
- *i. e. Rosa odoratissima; ut illa quae in locis apricis Florent. Junius.
2. Christ is resembled to a Vine, John 15.1. The Vine (as Pliny saith) is the noblest of plants; to this is Christ compared. Oh what lovely clusters grow upon this Vine! the fruits of Justification, Sanctification, &c. These bunches of grapes hang upon the Lord Jesus. We are beholding to this Vine,