Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

Fifthly, much pleasantness there is in the ways of godliness, because in them the people of God do communicate unto God their souls, in all that they have or do, by a letting out of the soul into God that is the fountain of all good: Now there is an infinite delight in this. All the delight that there is in God, or in the creature, is in communication. In God himself: because God would have delight in himself, therefore he would have that that he might communicate himself to; and because he would have infinite delight, according to his infinite nature, therefore he would have that, that he might infinitely communicate himself unto; and therefore the Son of God, the second Person of the Trinity, is the infinite delight of his Father, because the Father does infinitely communicate himself unto him.

And now because God would have further delight, though there be nothing that he can infinitely communicate himself unto but his Son, yet that he may have such delight as his creature may understand, he makes a world; and the special end why God made the world, is, that he might have creatures to communicate himself unto, in his wisdom, and goodness and glory; and therefore those creatures that are most capable of Gods communicating himself unto, are called Gods delight; God rejoices in the habitable parts of the earth, because there are creatures that he can communicate himself unto, and especially his pleasure is among his people, because there are creatures that are capable of communicating ⟨p. 176⟩of himself: Thus you see that the delight of Gods is communicating himself.

And now because God would have further delight, though there be nothing that he can infinitely communicate himself unto but his Son, yet that he may have such delight as his creature may understand, he makes a world; and the special end why God made the world, is, that he might have creatures to communicate himself unto, in his wisdom, and goodness and glory; and therefore those creatures that are most capable of Gods communicating himself unto, are called Gods delight; God rejoyces in the habitable parts of the earth, because there are creatures that he can communicate himself unto, and especially his pleasure is among his people, because there are creatures that are capable of communicating