A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

3. In contemplation. The consideration and serious thoughts of heaven do affect a gracious heart, and fill it with pleasure, tho it self be as if in a wilderness. The near approach to a desired good doth much affect the heart. Moses was surely more pleased with the sight of Canaan from Pisgah, than with the hopes of it in the desert A travellers delight is more raised when he is nearest his journeys end, and a hungry stomach hath a greater joy when he sees the meat approaching which must satisfy the appetite. As the Union with the object is nearer, so the delight is stronger. Now this delight the Soul hath in duty, is not a delight of fruition, but of desire, hope, or contemplation; Gaudium viae, not patriae.

3. In contemplation. The consideration and serious thoughts of heaven do affect a gracious heart, and fill it with pleasure, tho it self be as if in a wilderness. The near appproach to a desired good doth much affect the heart. Moses was surely more pleased with the sight of Canaan from Pisgah, than with the hopes of it in the desert A travellers delight is more raised when he is nearest his journeys end, and a hungry stomach hath a greater joy when he sees the meat approaching which must satisfy the appetite. As the Union with the object is nearer, so the delight is stronger. Now this delight the Soul hath in duty, is not a delight of fruition, but of desire, hope, or contemplation; Gaudium viae, not patriae.

1. We may consider delight as Active or Passive.

1. Active, which is an act of our Souls in our approaches to God. When the heart like the Sun rouseth up itself as a Giant to run a spiritual race.

1. Active, which is an act of our Souls in our approaches to God. When the heart like the Sun rouzeth up itself as a Gyant to run a spiritual race.