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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…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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Thirdly, those noble Delights which arise from heavenly causes, do withal cause a sweet thirst and longing in the Soul after more, as some colours1 do both delight the sight and strengthen it: For while God is the Object, there cannot be either the satiety to cloy the Soul, nor such a full comprehension as will leave no room for more.
Thirdly, those noble Delights which arise from heavenly causes, doe withall cause a sweet thirst and longing in the Soule after more, as some colours1 do both delight the sight and strengthen it: For while God is the Object, there cannot bee either the satiety to cloy the Soul, nor such a full comprehension as will leave no roome for more.
- 1• Plu• in P•ric.
Thus they who delight in the fruition of God by Grace, do desire a more plentiful fruition of him in glory; and they that delight in the sight of Gods▪ Glory▪ do still desire to be forever so delighted. So that their Desire is without Anxiety▪ ⟨p. 218⟩because they are satiated with the thing which they do• desire, • and their […] is without lo• ▪ thing; because still they desire the thing wherewith they are satiated; they desire without Grief, because they are replenished; and they are replenished without weariness, because they desire still; they see God and still they desire to see him: they enjoy God, and still they desire for ever to enjoy him: they love and praise God, and make it their immortal business still to love and praise him: