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The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort in 32…
The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort in 32 directions : written for the use of a troubled friend / and now published by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for T. Underhil, 1653
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Hereby you will have this Advantage also, that your thoughts of God will be more sweet and delightful to you: For as Glorious and beautiful sights to your eyes, and melodious sounds to your ears, and sweet ⟨p. 20⟩smells, tastes, &c. are all delightful: when things deformed, stinking, &c. are all loathsome: and we turn away from one with abhorrency, but for the other, we would often see, taste, &c. and enjoy them: So is it with the objects of our mind; God hath given no command for Duty, but what most perfectly agreeth with the nature of the object. He hath therefore bid us, Love God and Delight in him above all, because he is above all in Goodness, even infinitely and unconceivably Good: else we could not Love him above all, nor would he ever command us so to do: The object is ever as exactly fitted to its part (as to draw out the Love and Delight of our hearts) as the Precept is on its part (to oblige us to it.) And indeed the Nature of things is a precept to Duty, and it which we call, The Law of Nature.
2. Hereby you will have this Advantage also, that your thoughts of God will be more sweet and delightfull to you: For as Glorious and beautifull sights to your eyes, and melodious sounds to your ears, and sweet ⟨p. 20⟩smels, tastes, &c. are all delightfull: when things deformed, stinking, &c. are all loathsome: and we turn away from one with abhorrency, but for the other, we would often see, taste, &c. and enjoy them: So is it with the objects of our minde; God hath given no command for Duty, but what most perfectly agreeth with the nature of the object. He hath therefore bid us, Love God and Delight in him above all, because he is above all in Goodness, even infinitely and unconceivably Good: else we could not Love him above all, nor would he ever command us so to do: The object is ever as exactly fitted to its part (as to draw out the Love and Delight of our hearts) as the Precept is on its part (to oblige us to it.) And indeed the Nature of things is a precept to Duty, and it which we call, The Law of Nature.