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There is nothing that mans heart is set more upon then pleasure; and nothing hinders a man from the ways of godliness, more then fear he shall not find pleasure in them: Wherefore it is an argument of great concernment for us, throughly to be convinced that there is pleasantness in the ways of godliness, they are ways of pleasure; and I hope I speak unto such, whose hearts close with the point as soon as it is named, who can say, Yes, and we find it so. The ways of wisdom are either the ways of Gods Ordinances, or the ways of exercise of grace, or ways of obedience; all these are the ways of pleasantness. How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord! they shall be satisfied with the fatness of thy house, the beauty of holiness; And the like is said of the Ordinances of God: The exercises of the graces of the Spirit, they are the ways of wisdom, and are full of delight and pleasure: Cant. 7. 13. The Mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved: In the Church of God the exercise of the graces of Gods Spirit among them is pleasant. The duties of obedience are pleasant: O how I love thy Law! Thy Law is my delight: and a hundred such expressions in Scripture.

There is nothing that mans heart is set more upon then pleasure; and nothing hinders a man from the ways of godliness, more then fear he shall not finde pleasure in them: Wherefore it is an argument of great concernment for us, throughly to be convinced that there is pleasantness in the ways of godliness, they are ways of pleasure; and I hope I speak unto such, whose hearts close with the point as soon as it is named, who can say, Yes, and we finde it so. The ways of wisdom are either the ways of Gods Ordinances, or the ways of exercise of grace, or ways of obedience; all these are the ways of pleasantness. How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord! they shall be satisfied with the fatness of thy house, the beauty of holiness; And the like is said of the Ordinances of God: The exercises of the graces of the Spirit, they are the ways of wisdom, and are full of delight and pleasure: Cant. 7. 13. The Mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all maner of fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved: In the Church of God the exercise of the graces of Gods Spirit among them is pleasant. The duties of obedience are pleasant: O how I love thy Law! Thy Law is my delight: and a hundred such expressions in Scripture.