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A96109 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. Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1657 (1657) Wing W1142; Thomason E1610_4; ESTC R210335 123,303 409

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much_o sin_n do_v man_n commit_v in_o the_o chamber_n of_o their_o imagination_n now_o meditate_v in_o god_n law_n will_v be_v a_o good_a mean_n to_o banish_v these_o sinful_a thought_n if_o david_n have_v carry_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n about_o he_o and_o meditate_a in_o it_o he_o have_v not_o look_v on_o bathsheba_n with_o a_o lascivious_a eye_n 2._o sam._n 11.2_o holy_a meditation_n will_v have_v quench_v that_o wildfire_n of_o lust_n the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v pure_a psalm_n 119.140_o not_o only_a subjective_n but_o effective_a it_o be_v not_o only_o pure_a in_o itself_o but_o it_o make_v they_o pure_a that_o meditate_v in_o it_o christ_n whip_v the_o buyer_n and_o seller_n out_o of_o the_o temple_n john_n 2.15_o holy_a meditation_n will_v whip_v out_o idle_a and_o vagrant_a thought_n and_o not_o suffer_v they_o to_o lodge_v in_o the_o mind_n what_o be_v the_o reason_n the_o angel_n in_o heaven_n have_v not_o a_o vain_a thought_n they_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o god_n their_o 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oppida_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la videri_fw-la sibi_fw-la tetros_fw-la carceres_fw-la solitudinem_fw-la paradisum_fw-la epist_n 72._o with_o what_o word_n shall_v i_o set_v it_o forth_o other_o duty_n have_v do_v excellent_o but_o thou_o excelle_v they_o all_o meditation_n be_v a_o friend_n to_o the_o grace_n it_o help_v to_o water_v the_o plantation_n i_o may_v call_v it_o in_o basils_n expression_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n basil_n the_o treasury_n where_o all_o the_o grace_n be_v lock_v up_o and_o with_o theophylact_fw-mi the_o very_a gate_n &_o portal_n by_o which_o we_o enter_v into_o glory_n by_o meditation_n the_o spirit_n be_v raise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o heighten_v to_o a_o kind_n of_o angelical_a frame_n meditation_n do_v sweet_o anticipate_v happiness_n it_o put_v we_o in_o heaven_n before_o our_o time_n meditation_n bring_v god_n and_o the_o soul_n together_o 1_o joh._n 3.2_o meditation_n be_v the_o saint_n perspective_n glass_n by_o which_o 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discriminate_a and_o characterise_v a_o man_n by_o this_o he_o may_v take_v a_o measure_n of_o his_o heart_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a let_v i_o allude_v to_o that_o prov._n 23.7_o for_o as_o he_o think_v in_o his_o heart_n so_o be_v he_o as_o the_o meditation_n be_v such_o be_v the_o man_n meditation_n be_v the_o touchstone_n of_o a_o christian_a it_o show_v what_o mettle_n he_o be_v make_v of_o it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a index_n the_o index_n show_v what_o be_v in_o the_o book_n so_o meditation_n show_v what_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n if_o all_o a_o man_n meditation_n be_v how_o he_o may_v get_v power_n against_o sin_n how_o he_o may_v grow_v in_o grace_n how_o he_o may_v have_v more_o communion_n with_o god_n this_o show_v what_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n the_o frame_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v spiritual_a by_o the_o beat_n of_o this_o pulse_n judge_v of_o the_o health_n of_o thy_o soul_n it_o be_v make_v the_o character_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n he_o fear_v god_n and_o think_v of_o his_o name_n mal._n 3.17_o whereas_o if_o the_o thought_n be_v take_v up_o with_o pride_n and_o lust_n as_o be_v the_o thought_n such_o be_v the_o heart_n their_o thought_n be_v thought_n of_o iniquity_n isa_n 59.7_o when_o vain_a sinful_a thought_n come_v man_n make_v much_o of_o they_o they_o make_v room_n for_o they_o they_o shall_v diet_v and_o lodge_v with_o they_o if_o a_o good_a thought_n chance_n to_o come_v into_o their_o mind_n it_o be_v soon_o turn_v out_o of_o door_n as_o a_o unwelcome_a guest_n what_o need_v we_o further_o witness_v this_o argue_v much_o unsoundness_n of_o heart_n let_v this_o provoke_v to_o holy_a meditation_n motive_n 2_o the_o thought_n of_o god_n as_o they_o bring_v delight_n with_o they_o so_o they_o leave_v peace_n behind_o those_o be_v the_o best_a hour_n which_o be_v spend_v with_o god_n conscience_n as_o the_o bee_n give_v honey_n it_o will_v not_o grieve_v we_o when_o we_o come_v to_o die_v that_o we_o have_v spend_v our_o time_n in_o holy_a 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the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v not_o say_v i_o be_o sick_a isa_n 33.24_o let_v death_n come_v a_o christian_a can_v outbrave_v it_o o_o death_n where_o be_v thy_o sting_n 1_o cor._n 15.55_o and_o be_v it_o not_o comfortable_a to_o have_v such_o a_o julip_n lie_v by_o as_o can_v expel_v the_o venom_n of_o death_n 9_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v manna_n cujuslibet_fw-la saporis_fw-la mat._n saporis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophil_n in_o mat._n a_o heavenly_a manna_n that_o suit_v itself_o to_o every_o christian_n palate_n what_o do_v the_o soul_n desire_n be_v it_o quicken_a strengthen_v he_o may_v find_v all_o in_o this_o manna_n but_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o learned_a origen_n who_o have_v write_v full_o to_o this_o volusianum_fw-la this_o si_fw-mi tu_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la tota_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o devotione_fw-la suceperis_fw-la fiet_fw-la tibi_fw-la ipsum_fw-la verbum_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la desideras_fw-la si_fw-la tribularis_fw-la consolatur_fw-la te_fw-la dicens_fw-la cor_fw-la contritum_fw-la &_o humiliatum_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la despicies_fw-la si_fw-la laetaris_fw-la pro_fw-la spe_fw-la futura_fw-la cumulat_fw-la tibi_fw-la gaudium_fw-la dicent_fw-la laetamini_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la &_o exultate_fw-la justi_fw-la si_fw-mi iracundus_fw-la es_fw-la mitigat_fw-la te_fw-la dicens_fw-la desine_fw-la ab_fw-la ira_fw-la &_o derelinque_fw-la furorem_fw-la si_fw-mi in_o doloribus_fw-la es_fw-la sanat_fw-la te_fw-la dicens_fw-la dominus_fw-la sanat_fw-la omnes_fw-la languores_fw-la tuos_fw-la si_fw-la in_o paupertate_fw-la erigit_fw-la te_fw-la dicens_fw-la dominus_fw-la allevat_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la inopem_fw-la sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la manna_n dei_fw-la reddit_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la tuo_fw-la saporem_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la volueris_fw-la etc._n etc._n origen_n hom_n 7._o in_o exod._n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o weighty_a consideration_n to_o make_v we_o delight_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o 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