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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 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.
Considerat. 2 2. Delight in Religion crowns all our services*. Therefore David counsels his son Solomon, not only to serve God, but to serve him with a willing mind, 1 Chron. 28.9. *Delight in duty is better than duty it self; as it is worse for a man to delight in sin, than to commit it, because there is more of the will in the sin*: so delight in duty is to be preferred before duty; O how love I thy Law; Psalm 119.97. it ⟨p. 44⟩is not how much we do, but how much we love; hypocrites may obey Gods Law, but the Saints love his Law; This carries away the garland*.
Considerat. 2 2. Delight in Religion crowns all our services*. Therefore David counsels his son Solomon, not only to serve God, but to serve him with a willing minde, 1 Chron. 28.9. *Delight in duty is better than duty it self; as it is worse for a man to delight in sinne, than to commit it, because there is more of the will in the sinne*: so delight in duty is to be preferred before duty; O how love I thy Law; Psalme 119.97. it ⟨p. 44⟩is not how much we do, but how much we love; hypocrites may obey Gods Law, but the Saints love his Law; This carries away the garland