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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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THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 5: Two Cases of conscience resolved.
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From the in being of corruption, Rom. 7.24. 'Tis not from the grace that is in him, but the sin; (as Peters sinking on the water was not from his faith, but his fear;) yet I say still a regenerate persons will is for God, Rom. 7.15. Paul found sometimes an indisposition to good, Rom. 7.23. yet at the same time he professeth a complacency in God, ver. 22. I delight in the, Law of God in the inner man; one may delight in music, or any recreation, yet through weariness of body be for the present dulled, and indisposed; a Christian may love Gods Law though sometimes the clog of the flesh weighing him down, he finds his former vigour and agility remitted.
From the in being of corruption, Rom. 7.24. 'Tis not from the grace that is in him, but the sinne; (as Peters sinking on the water was not from his faith, but his fear;) yet I say still a regenerate persons will is for God, Rom. 7.15. Paul found sometimes an indisposition to good, Rom. 7.23. yet at the same time he professeth a complacency in God, ver. 22. I delight in the, Law of God in the inner man; one may delight in musick, or any recreation, yet through wearinesse of body be for the present dull'd, and indisposed; a Christian may love Gods Law though sometimes the clog of the flesh weighing him down, he findes his former vigour and agility remitted.
Answ. 2 2. I answer, that this faintness ⟨p. 22⟩and weariness in a regenerate person is not habitual; 'tis not his constant temper; when the water ebbs a while it is low-water, but there is soon a spring-tide again: it is sometimes low-water in a Christians soul, he finds an indisposition and irksomeness to that which is good, but within a while there is a spring tide of affection, and the soul is carried full sail in holy duties; 'Tis with a Christian as with a man that is distempered; when he is sick he doth not take that delight in his food as formerly, nay, sometimes the very sight of it offends, but when he is well he falls to his meat again with delight and appetite; so, when the soul is distempered through sadness and melancholy, it finds not that delight in Word, and Prayer […]early, but when it returns to its healthful temper again, now it hath the same delectability and cheerfulness in Gods service as before.