Discourses on Important and Interesting Subjects, Being the Select Works of the Rev. Thomas Watson, Vols. I & II
Overview
“There is nothing of a more unstable and roving temper than the mind of man,” writes Edward Reynolds in the introduction to this volume. Thomas Watson’s eight discourses seek to still this roving mind and bring it to a place of peace by elucidating such subjects as Christ’s loveliness, the upright man’s character, a treatise concerning meditation, and more. In addition to the introduction and discourses, this volume also includes a short account of Watson’s life. Also contained are two discourses on the saint’s desire to be with Christ and on the Sermon on the Mount, as well as an appendix to the Beatitudes.
Top Highlights
“The second thing in meditation, is, a serious and solemn thinking upon God.” (Volume 1, Page 200)
“Grace breeds delight in God, and delight breeds meditation.” (Volume 1, Page 197)
“The third thing in meditation, is, the raising of the heart to holy affections.” (Volume 1, Pages 200–201)
“The first fundamental sign is, a godly man is a man of knowledge,” (Volume 1, Page 392)
“Godliness is the sacred impression and workmanship of God in a man, whereby of carnal, he is made spiritual.” (Volume 1, Page 386)
- Title: Discourses on Important and Interesting Subjects, Being the Select Works of the Rev. Thomas Watson, Vols. I & II
- Author: Thomas Watson
- Volume: I & II
- Publishers: Blackie, Fullarton, & Co., A. Fullarton & Co.
- Print Publication Date: 1829
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: England; Dissenters, Religious › England; Dissenters, Religious
- Resource ID: LLS:WRKSWATSONDIS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:45:32Z