A96109:81
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.
THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 7: A suasive to this holy delight in Religion.
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. This blessed Law of God is a ⟨p. 37⟩letter *sent to us from heaven, indicted by the Holy Ghost, and sealed with the blood of Christ*; See some passages in the letter, Isa. 62.5. As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee; and Hosea 2.19. I will betroth thee unto me [Greek or Hebrew] for ever in righteousness and in loving kindness, and in mercies. Is it not delightful reading over this love letter?
1. This blessed Law of God is a ⟨p. 37⟩letter *sent to us from heaven, indighted by the Holy Ghost, and sealed with the blood of Christ*; See some passages in the letter, Isa. 62.5. As the bridegroom rejoyceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoyce over thee; and Hosea 2.19. I will betroth thee unto me 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 for ever in righteousnesse and in loving kindnesse, and in mercies. Is it not delightful reading over this loveletter?
- *Est quaedam Epistola omnipotentis Dei ad creaturam. Greg.
- *Fertur de Carolo Borromaeo quod Scripturam solebat assidue volvere, & populo exp•••are, idque tanto studio, devotione, & reverentia, ut ultimis vitae suae annis, velut ipsissimas Deo ad homines literas, non nisi capite, & flexis Genibus venerabundus lectitaret. Julius Nigr. Tract. ascetico. c. 3. n. 9.