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A treatise of delighting in God from Psal. xxxvij. 4. Delight thy self also…
A treatise of delighting in God from Psal. xxxvij. 4. Delight thy self also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. In two parts. By John Howe, M.A. sometime fellow of Magdalen College, Oxon.
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Sa. Gellibrand, 1674
A TREATISE OF Delighting in GOD: From PSAL. 37. 4. Delight thy self… › Part 1
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.
This great Lord and Prince of life and peace came down on purpose to be the Restorer of Souls, to repair the desolations and ruins of many generations. He came full of grace and truth, and hath scattered blessings over the world wheresoever he came; hath infinitely obliged all that ever knew him; and is he in whom all the nations of the earth must be blessed; And who would not with joy swear fealty to him, and take pleasure to do him homage? Who would not recount with delight the unexpressible felicity of living under the governing power of such a one?
And if the tenor and scope of all his Laws and Constitutions be viewed over, what will they be found, but obligations upon men to be happy; How easy his yoke, how light his burden, what is the frame of his Kingdom, or whereof doth it consist but Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. And who would not now say, This Lord reigneth, 1let the earth rejoice, let the multitude of the Isles be glad thereof. Why should it not be triumphingly said among the Heathen, That the Lord reigneth, that the world also shall be established, that it cannot be moved; Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; let the fields rejoice and all that is therein, and all the trees of the wood rejoice!
And if the tenor and scope of all his Laws and Constitutions be viewed over, what will they be found, but obligations upon men to be happy; How easie his yoke, how light his burden, what is the frame of his Kingdom, or whereof doth it consist but Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. And who would not now say, This Lord reigneth, 1let the earth rejoyce, let the multitude of the Isles be glad thereof. Why should it not be triumphingly said among the Heathen, That the Lord reigneth, that the world also shall be established, that it cannot be moved; Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the fields rejoice and all that is therein, and all the trees of the wood rejoice!