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A96109
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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.
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Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
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his_o hand_n as_o gold_n ring_v set_v with_o the_o beryll_n his_o belly_n as_o bright_a ivory_n overlay_v with_o saphire_n etc._n etc._n alas_o what_o be_v all_o this_o that_o i_o have_v be_v speak_v of_o christ_n how_o barren_a be_v my_o invention_n how_o dull_a be_v my_o expression_n what_o ever_o i_o have_v say_v of_o he_o fall_v infinite_o short_a of_o his_o worth_n but_o this_o i_o affirm_v he_o be_v altogether_o lovely_a gr-nyssen_a lovely_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d sept._n christi_fw-la species_n eximia_fw-la gr-nyssen_a the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o be_v all_o make_v up_o of_o love_n and_o delight_n lap._n delight_n in_o se_fw-la continet_fw-la eminenter_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la expetibile_fw-la lap._n ipse_fw-la totus_fw-la desideria_fw-la he_o be_v all_o that_o may_v excite_v desire_n so_o hierome_n and_o ambrose_n render_v it_o he_o be_v compose_v of_o sweetness_n and_o amiableness_n ghislerus_n dici_fw-la 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89.33_o i_o will_v not_o suffer_v my_o faithfulness_n to_o fail_v god_n can_v as_o well_o deny_v himself_o as_o his_o word_n he_o be_v abundant_a in_o truth_n exod._n 34.6_o what_o be_v that_o if_o god_n have_v make_v a_o promise_n of_o mercy_n to_o his_o people_n he_o will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o come_v short_a of_o his_o word_n that_o he_o will_v be_v better_o than_o his_o word_n god_n often_o do_v more_o than_o he_o have_v say_v never_o less_o he_o oft_o shoot_v beyond_o the_o mark_n of_o the_o promise_n he_o have_v set_v never_o short_a of_o it_o he_o be_v abundant_a in_o truth_n god_n may_v sometime_o delay_v a_o promise_n he_o will_v not_o deny_v it_o the_o promise_n may_v lie_v a_o long_a time_n as_o seed_v hide_v under_o ground_n but_o it_o be_v all_o the_o while_n a_o ripen_n the_o promise_n of_o israel_n deliverance_n lie_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n hide_v underground_o but_o when_o the_o time_n be_v come_v the_o promise_n do_v not_o go_v a_o day_n beyond_o its_o reckon_n exod._n 12.41_o 12.41_o exo._n 12.41_o the_o strength_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o lie_v 1_o sam._n 15.29_o meditate_v on_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n the_o meditation_n of_o god_n truth_n will_v 1._o be_v a_o pillar_n of_o support_n for_o faith_n the_o world_n hang_v upon_o god_n power_n and_o faith_n hang_v upon_o his_o truth_n 2._o the_o meditation_n of_o god_n truth_n will_v make_v we_o ambitious_a to_o imitate_v he_o we_o shall_v be_v true_a in_o our_o word_n true_a in_o our_o deal_n pythagoras_n be_v ask_v loquuntur_fw-la ask_v quidnam_fw-la homines_fw-la diis_fw-la simile_n faciat_fw-la cum_fw-la vera_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la what_o do_v make_v man_n like_o god_n answer_v when_o they_o speak_v truth_n sect_n 2._o promise_n meditate_v on_o the_o promise_n the_o second_o subject_n of_o meditatation_n be_v meditate_v upon_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n ber._n god_n habenâubera_n veer_fw-la vino_fw-la meliora_fw-la &_o fragrantia_fw-la unguentis_fw-la optimis_fw-la ber._n the_o promise_n be_v flower_n grow_v in_o the_o paradise_n of_o scripture_n meditation_n like_o the_o bee_n suck_v out_o the_o sweetness_n of_o they_o the_o promise_n be_v of_o no_o use_n or_o comfort_n to_o we_o till_o they_o be_v meditate_a upon_o for_o as_o the_o rose_n hang_v in_o the_o garden_n may_v give_v a_o fragrant_a redolency_n yet_o their_o sweet_a water_n be_v distil_v only_o by_o the_o fire_n so_o the_o promise_n be_v sweet_a in_o read_v over_o but_o the_o water_n of_o these_o rose_n the_o spirit_n and_o quintessence_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v distil_v into_o the_o soul_n only_o by_o meditation_n the_o incense_n when_o it_o be_v pound_v and_o beat_v smell_v sweet_a meditate_v on_o a_o promise_n like_o the_o beat_n of_o the_o incense_n make_v it_o most_o odoriferous_a and_o pleasant_a the_o promise_n may_v be_v compare_v to_o a_o golden_a mine_n which_o then_o only_o enrich_v when_o the_o gold_n be_v dig_v out_o by_o holy_a meditation_n we_o dig_v out_o that_o spiritual_a gold_n which_o lie_v hide_v in_o the_o mine_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o so_o we_o come_v to_o be_v enrich_v cardan_n say_v there_o be_v no_o precious_a stone_n but_o have_v some_o hide_a virtue_n in_o it_o they_o be_v call_v precious_a promise_n 2_o pet._n 1.4_o when_o they_o be_v apply_v by_o meditation_n than_o their_o virtue_n appear_v and_o they_o become_v precious_a indeed_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o promise_n which_o we_o shall_v chief_o meditate_v upon_o 1._o promise_n of_o remission_n i_o even_o i_o be_o he_o that_o blot_v out_o thy_o transgression_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o will_v not_o remember_v thy_o sin_n isa_n 43.25_o whereas_o the_o poor_a sinner_n may_v say_v alas_o i_o be_o deep_a in_o arrear_n with_o god_n i_o fear_v i_o have_v not_o fill_v