NEW BOOK: The Sweetness of Divine Meditation by William Bridge (1600-1670)

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C. Matthew McMahon

Christian Preacher

The Sweetness of Divine Meditation by William Bridge (1600-1670)

William Bridge (1600-1670), a Westminster Puritan, was a scholar, an excellent preacher, a very charitable man, who did much good for the ministry in glorifying Jesus Christ.

Divine meditation on the word of God is a lost art and science in the spiritual disciplines. Christians are often content to read a little and pray a little. They often have little to no strategy for godly meditation. This is where William Bridge will come in. He will not only show the work and way of divine meditation, but he will initially set forth its sweetness.

He teaches that this spiritual discipline is the Christian’s daily way of exercising himself in godliness and walking with God, and that such a walk is sweet. This walking is a picture of persistent communion with Jesus Christ, and is eminently sweet in its applications to the soul.
Bridge’s main text is, “My meditation of him shall be sweet,” (Psalm 104:34), setting forth the doctrine that it is a sweet thing for a gracious soul to meditate on God. He shows the true nature and notion of meditation, how and in what respects a man may meditate on God, and how it is that meditation is a sweet thing, and profitable for the Christian.

In his second part, in the work and manner which godly meditation ought to be accomplished, he answers some objections. He demonstrates that it is the Christian’s duty to meditate on God and the things of God, that it is a duty for every day, how to rightly meditate to make it profitable (with some rules to that end) and then concludes with arguments and motives to press all Christians to the regular and consistent practice of godly meditation.

This work is not a scan or facsimile, and has been updated in modern English for easy reading. It also has an active table of contents for electronic versions.

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Table of Contents
Godly Meditation by C. Matthew McMahon
Meet William Bridge Edited by C. Matthew McMahon
Part 1: The Sweetness of Divine Meditation
Part 2: The Work and Way of Divine Meditation

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