Divine Songs And Meditacions - The Original Classic Edition eBook

This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work. These few paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside: And last, she thinks of those who will never meet or know her; by reading the Divine Songs and Meditacions, they may look upon ?the image of her mind,? and from that learn how God takes pity on even his most lowly servant. ...Brydges reprints passages from ?The Preface,? ?To the Reader,? ?The Discourse,? ?A Song declaring that a Christian may finde tru Love only where tru Grace is,? ?A Song shewing the Mercies of God to his people...,? ?Another Song exciting to spirituall Mirth,? ?Another Song (II),? and ?The Fifth Meditacion,? III, 123-127, 180-184. ...I inform you, that by divine Providence, I have been restrained from bodily employments, suting with my disposicion, which enforced me to a retired Course of life; Wherin it pleased God to give me such inlargednesse of mind, and activity of spirit, so that this seeming desolate condicion, proved to me most delightfull: To be breif, I became affected to Poetry, insomuch that I proceeded to practise the same; and though the helps I had therein were small, yet the thing it self appeared unto me so amiable, as that it enflamed my faculties, to put forth themselvs, in a practise so pleasing. Now the furtherances I had herein, was what I could gather (by the benifit of hearing,) at first from prophane Histories; which gave not that satisfactory contentment, before mencioned; but it was the manifestacion of Divine Truth, or rather the Truth it self, that reduced my mind to a peacefull temper, and spirituall calmnesse, taking up my thoughts for Theologicall employments. Witnesse hereof, this Discourse, Songs and Meditacions following; which I have set forth (as I trust) for the benifit, and comfort of others, Cheifly for those Christians who are of disconsolat Spirits, who may perceive herein, the Faithfullnesse Love, & Tender Compassionatnesse of God to his people, in that according to his gracious Promise, He doth not leave nor forsake them.