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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.
3. It is Sanative, and virtually contains all the fruits in it which are for the healing of the Nations; when the Soul grows distempered, it restores it, and is both sustaining and remedying to it. How great is the pleasure of health and soundness! of ease to broken bones! of relief to a sick and fainting heart! so it is often (for in the present state the cure is not perfect and relapses are frequent) with the Soul in which the life of God hath begun to settle and diffuse it self, till his influence repair and renew it; And when it doth so, how pleasant is it to find an heart made sound in his statutes! and to perceive a-new working in it the Spirit of love,1 power and a sound mind! So pleasant that it occasions a triumph (even when the outward man is perishing) if it be found that the inward is renewed day by day.
3. It is Sanative, and virtually contains all the fruits in it which are for the healing of the Nations; when the Soul grows distemper'd, it restores it, and is both sustaining and remedying to it. How great is the pleasure of health and soundness! of ease to broken bones! of relief to a sick and fainting heart! so it is often (for in the present state the cure is not perfect and relapses are frequent) with the Soul in which the life of God hath begun to settle and diffuse it self, till his influence repair and renew it; And when it doth so, how pleasant is it to find an heart made sound in his statutes! and to perceive a-new working in it the Spirit of love,1 power and a sound mind! So pleasant that it occasions a triumph (even when the outward man is perishing) if it be found that the inward is renewed day by day.
- 12 Cor. 4.
4. It is Corroborative and strengthening; confirms resolutions, and establishes the heart. Hereby they who have felt this quickening,