The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

2. His supreme Happiness consisted in the exercise of his most noble Faculties, on their proper Objects. This will appear by considering, that as the spiritual Faculties have objects which infinitely excel those of the sensitive; So their capacity is more enlarged, their union with objects is more intimate, and their perception is with more quickness and vivacity; and thereby are the greatest instruments of pleasure to the rational being. Now the highest Faculties in Man, are the Understanding and Will; and their happiness consists in union with God, by Knowledge and Love.

2. His supreme Happiness consisted in the exercise of his most noble Faculties, on their proper Objects. This will appear by considering, that as the spiritual Faculties have objects which infinitely excel those of the sensitive; So their capacity is more inlarged, their union with objects is more intimate, and their perception is with more quickness and vivacity; and thereby are the greatest instruments of pleasure to the rational being. Now the highest Faculties in Man, are the Understanding and Will; and their happiness consists in union with God, by Knowledg and Love.

1. In the Knowledge of God. As the desire of Knowledge is the most natural to the humane Soul, so the obtaining of it produces the most noble and sweetest pleasure. And proportionably to the degrees of excellency that are in objects, so much of ⟨p. 11⟩rational Perfection and Satisfaction accrues to the mind by the knowledge of them. The discovery of the Works of God greatly affected Man, yet the excellencies scattered among them, are but an imperfect and mutable shadow of God's infinite and unchangeable Perfections. How much more delightful was it to his pure understanding, tracing the footsteps and impressions of God in Natural things, to ascend to him, who is the glorious Original of all Perfections. And although his finite understanding could not comprehend the Divine excellencies, yet his knowledge was answerable to the degrees of Revelation, wherein God was manifested. He saw the admirable Beauty of the Creator through the transparent veil of the creatures. And from hence there arose in the Soul, a pleasure pure, solid, and satisfying, a pleasure divine; for God takes infinite contentment in the contemplation of Himself.