The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

5. The knowledge of God, ¹and conformity to him, are, in their own nature, apt to satisfy the desires of the soul, and even no• actually do so, in the measure wherein they are attained. Some things are not of a satisfying nature; there is nothing tending to satisfaction in them. And then the continual heaping together of such things, doth no more towards satisfaction, then the accumulating of Mathematical Points would towards the compacting of a solid body; or the multiplication of Ciphers only to the making of a sum. But what shall one day, satisfy, hath in it self a Power, and aptitude thereto. The act (when ever it is) supposes the power. Therefore the hungry craving soul, that would fain be h•ppy, but knows not how; needs not spend its days in making uncertain guesses, and fruitless attempts, and trials. It ma• […] •ts hovering thoughts, and upon af•••• […] given, say I have now found at […] satisfaction may be had; and have […] this to do; to bend all my powers hither, and intend this one thing, the possessing my self of this blessed rest; earnestly to in•e […], and patiently to wait for it.

5. The knowledge of God, ¹and conformity to him, are, in their own nature, apt to satisfie the desires of the soul, and even no• actually do so, in the measure wherein they are attained. Some things are not of a satisfying nature; there is nothing tending to satisfaction in them. And then the continual heaping together of such things, doth no more towards satisfaction, then the accumulating of Mathematical Points would towards the compacting of a solid body; or the multiplication of Ciphers only to the making of a summe. But what shall one day, satisfi, hath in it self a Power, and aptitude thereto. The act (when ever it is) supposes the power. Therefore the hungry craving soul, that would sain be h•ppy, but knows not how; needs not spend its dayes in making uncertain guesses, and fruitless attempts, and trials. It ma ts hovering thoughts, and upon af given, say I have now found at satisfaction may be had; and have this to do; to bend all my powers hither, and intend this one thing, the possessing my self of this blessed rest; earnestly to ine , and patiently to wait for it.