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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.
1. The applying our selves to those things by the help of Gods own communicated Influence (which in that case will not be withheld) wherein the matter of Delight lies.
2. The reflecting upon the things themselves that are so Delightful, and setting our selves to discern, and tasting actually the Delectableness of them.
And surely, if such words, Delight thy self in the Lord, do say to us all this, they do not say nothing; nor say any thing impertinent, ⟨p. 152⟩either to their ow• native import, or our state and condition in this world.
Obj. But here it may be Objected; If we so interpret Delighting in God, we shall by this means bring the whole of Religion, and all sorts of actions that are governed and directed by it, within the compass of this one thing; and make Delighting in God, swallow up all that belongs to a Christian, and be the same thing with Repentance, Faith, Self-denial, Humility, Meekness, Patience, &c. which would sure seem too much to be comprehended under the name of one Particular holy action or affection; Especially that they should be called Delighting in God, when in the exercise of divers of these God may possibly not be in that instant actually so much as thought on.