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A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects
A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects by Stephen Charnock.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1683
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.
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.
2. Passive. Which is Gods dispensation in approaches to us, and often met with in our cheerful addresses to God, Isa. 64.5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and works righteousness. When we delightfully clasp about the Throne of grace, God doth often cast his arms about our necks: Especially when cheerful prayer is accompanied with a cheerful obedience. This joy is, when Christ meets us in prayer with a be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven, thy request granted. The active delight is the health of the Soul, the passive is the good complexion of the Soul. The one is mans duty, the other Gods peculiar gift. The one is the inseparable property of the new birth, the other a separable privilege. There may be a joy in God, when there is little joy from God. There may be Gold in the Mine, when no flowers on the surface.
2. Passive. Which is Gods dispensation in approaches to us, and often met with in our chearful addresses to God, Isa. 64.5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and works righteousness. When we delightfully clasp about the Throne of grace, God doth often cast his arms about our necks: Especially when chearful prayer is accompanyed with a chearful obedience. This joy is, when Christ meets us in prayer with a be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven, thy request granted. The active delight is the health of the Soul, the passive is the good complexion of the Soul. The one is mans duty, the other Gods peculiar gift. The one is the inseparable property of the new birth, the other a separable priviledge. There may be a joy in God, when there is little joy from God. There may be Gold in the Mine, when no flowers on the surface.