A30241:1912
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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3. There is a gracious and an heavenly Joy, when the soul delights it self in God and Christ, in all heavenly Objects: For though to wicked men these things are a burden, yet to an heavenly heart they are the most connatural Object: They are the proper centre of the soul, as David often professeth his joy in the Lord: It's of this we are to speak of, only we must inform you something of joy in the general. The Philosophers speak of a three-fold affection suitable to one another: There is Love, which is carried out to an Object that is good simply considered: There is Desire which moveth to some good thing, but absent, and not yet obtained: And then there is Joy, which ariseth from the obtaining and possessing of it: And answerable to these, there are Divine Graces, and supernatural works of Gods Spirit in the soul.
3. There is a gracious and an heavenly Joy, when the soul delights it self in God and Christ, in all heavenly Objects: For though to wicked men these things are a burden, yet to an heavenly heart they are the most connaturall Object: They are the proper center of the soul, as David often professeth his joy in the Lord: It's of this we are to speak of, only we must inform you something of joy in the generall. The Philosophers speak of a three-fold affection sutable to one another: There is Love, which is carried out to an Object that is good simply considered: There is Desire which moveth to some good thing, but absent, and not yet obtained: And then there is Joy, which ariseth from the obtaining and possessing of it: And answerable to these, there are Divine Graces, and supernatural works of Gods Spirit in the soul.
There is the Love of God, which next to Faith, is of the greatest glory and activity in the soul.