A treatise of delighting in God from Psal. xxxvij. 4. Delight thy self also…

Wherefore there is somewhat to be apprehended by Gods representation of himself ⟨p. 30⟩to the minds of this regenerate people, at least more clearly than by other men. Whence the work of regenerating or converting them it self,¹ is expressed by opening their eyes. For the divine communication makes its own way, and enters at the eye, the Souls seeing faculty, which it doth find (as opening the eyes imports) and not now create: But finding it vitiated, and as to any right seeing of God, shut and closed up, it heals, opens, and restores it as it enters. It is expressed, By turning them from darkness, to light; And from the power of Satan, (the Prince of that Darkness, the God of this World; who had blinded their eyes—) unto God. Which (because they cannot turn and move towards God blindfold, and that this opening their eyes is in order to their turning to God) implies, that their eyes were so distempered, blinded, and sealed up, chiefly towards him; So that, though they could see other things, him they could not see; but he was invisible to their intellectual, as well as their bodily eyes. Hence also is that understanding said to be given (i.e. as rectified and renewed) by which we know God; which implies it to be (wherein it is now given) somewhat superadded to the whole natural being and powers of the human Soul, as in its present corrupted state,—He hath given us an understanding to know him that is true. ²And that given rectitude of understanding is is by such a communication from God, as hath that aptitude and power in it to infer so happy a change. The same renewing-work ⟨p. 31⟩is also said to be a calling of men out of darkness into his marvellous light. ³As if they were brought by it into a new world, wherein they found themselves beset with wonders, and all things were surprising to them. To which purpose is that prayer of the Psalmist (out of a just consciousness, that this work was not perfect in him, but might yet admit great additional degrees),⁴