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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.
That communication is either of light, whereby his Nature and Attributes are in some measure known; or of operative influence, whereby his Image is imprest, and the Soul is framed according to his will. And so 'tis partly mental or notional (I mean not merely notional, but that hath with it also an aptitude to beget a correspondent-impression on the Soul, and not engage it in some speculations concerning him only), and partly real, that actually begets such an impression it self. It is partly such as may be understood, and partly such as may be felt; the manifestation of his Love partly belongs to the one of these, and partly to the other.
That communication is either of light, whereby his Nature and Attributes are in some measure known; or of operative influence, whereby his Image is imprest, and the Soul is fram'd according to his will. And so 'tis partly mental or notional (I mean not meerly notional, but that hath with it also an aptitude to beget a correspondent-impression on the Soul, and not engage it in some speculations concerning him only), and partly real, that actually begets such an impression it self. It is partly such as may be understood, and partly such as may be felt; the manifestation of his Love partly belongs to the one of these, and partly to the other.
Answerably hereto, the delight that is taken in him, is either more Open and explicit, and wherein a person reflects upon, and takes notice of his own act, and whereupon it is exercised. Or, more latent, implicit and unobserved, when his delight lies folded up in other acts and dispositions which have another more principal design, though that also is involved in them.
Answerably hereto, the delight that is taken in him, is either more Open and explicite, and wherein a person reflects upon, and takes notice of his own act, and whereupon it is exercised. Or, more latent, implicite and unobserv'd, when his delight lies folded up in other acts and dispositions which have another more principal design, though that also is involved in them.