A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

The third and most effectual cause of Delight is the Fruition of Good, and the real Union thereof unto the Mind• for all other things work delight no farther, than either as they look towards, or work towards this. And therefore if we mark it in all matter of Pleasure and Joy, the more the Union is, the more is the Delight (And Union is the highest degree of Fruition that can be) thus we see the presence of a Friend, yields more content than the absence, and the embraces, more than the presence: so in other outward Delights, those of Incorporation, are greater than those of Adhesion. As it is more natural to delight in our meats than in our garments; the one being for an union inward to increase our strength; the other outward only to protect it. In the understanding likewise, those assents which are most clear, are most pleasant, and perspicuity argues the perfecter union of the Object to the Faculty. And therefore we have Speculum & […] put together by S. Paul, We see as in a glass darkly, where the weakness of our knowledge of God is attributed to this, that we see him not face to face with an immediate union unto his glory, but at a distance in the creature and in the word, the glass of Nature and of Faith (both which are in their kind evidences of things not seen) we shall only there have a perfection of Joy, where we shall have a consummate union, in his presence only is the fullness of Joy.

The third and most effectuall cause of Delight is the Fruition of Good, and the reall Vnion thereof unto the Mind• for all other things worke delight no farther, than either as they looke towards, or worke towards this. And therefore if we marke it in all matter of Pleasure and Ioy, the more the Vnion is, the more is the Delight (And Vnion is the highest degree of Fruition that can be) thus wee see the presence of a Friend, yeelds more content than the absence, and the imbraces, more than the presence: so in other outward Delights, those of Incorporation, are greater than those of Adhesion. As it is more naturall to delight in our meats than in our garments; the one being for an union inward to increase our strength; the other outward only to protect it. In the understanding likewise, those assents which are most cleer, are most pleasant, and perspecuity argues the perfecter union of the Object to the Faculty. And therefore we have Speculum & 〈…〉 put together by S. Paul, We see as in aglasse darkly, where the weaknesse of our knowledge of God is attributed to this, that we see him not face to face with an immediate union unto his glory, but at a distance in the creature and in the word, the glasse of Nature and of Faith (both which are in their kind evidences of things not seen) we shall only there have a perfection of Ioy, where we shall have a consummate union, in his presence only is the fulnesse of Ioy.