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

Thy only true Delights are to be found in a course of Religion, they are not to be expected from this world, or thy former sinful course; but in exercising thy self unto godliness, in receiving and complying with the Divine discoveries, recommended to thee in the Gospel, and (through them) the influences of Life and Grace, which readily flow in upon any Soul that hungers and thirsts after righteousness; and by which thou mayst be framed in all things after the good and holy and acceptable will of God. Herein thou shalt find such pleasures and Delights entertaining thy Soul, as that thou wilt have no cause to envy wicked men their sensual Delights which they find in their sinful way; if thou wilt but observe what thou findest, and exercise thy sense, to discern between good and evil; and set thy ⟨p. 151⟩self to consider whether there be not as well more satisfying, as purer relishes of pleasure, in mortifying the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof, in denying thy self, in dying to this world, in living to God, in minding the things of another world, in giving up thy self to the several exercises of an holy Life, watching, praying, meditating, &c. in trusting in the Lord with all thy heart, and in doing all the good thou canst in thy place and station, letting so thy Light shine before men, that they seeing thy good works, may glorify thy Father which is in Heaven; In contentment with what thou enjoyest, and patience under what thou sufferest in this world, in doing justice, loving righteousness, and walking humbly with thy God, Than ever the vanishing pleasures of sin did or can afford.

Thy only true Delights are to be found in a course of Religion, they are not to be expected from this world, or thy former sinful course; but in exercising thy self unto godliness, in receiving and complying with the Divine discoveries, recommended to thee in the Gospel, and (through them) the influences of Life and Grace, which readily flow in upon any Soul that hungers and thirsts after righteousness; and by which thou mayst be fram'd in all things after the good and holy and acceptable will of God. Herein thou shalt find such pleasures and Delights entertaining thy Soul, as that thou wilt have no cause to envy wicked men their sensual Delights which they find in their sinful way; if thou wilt but observe what thou findest, and exercise thy sense, to discern between good and evil; and set thy ⟨p. 151⟩