A godly man weeps
(from Thomas Watson's "The Godly Man's Picture") David sometimes sang with his harp ; and sometimes the organ of his eye wept: "I water my couch with my tears " (Psalm 6:6). Christ calls his spouse his "dove" (Song 2:14). The dove is a weeping creature. Grace dissolves and liquefies the soul , causing a spiritual thaw. The sorrow of the heart, runs out at the eye (Psalm 31:9). The Rabbis report that the same night on which Israel departed from Egypt towards Canaan, all the idols of Egypt were broken down by lightning and earthquake. Just so, at that very time at which men go forth from their natural condition towards heaven, all the idols of sin in the heart must be broken down by repentance! A melting heart is the chief branch of the covenant of grace (Ezek. 36:26), and the product of the Spirit: "I will pour upon the house of David the spirit of grace, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mou