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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.
We therefore proceed to speak,
2. Of the more explicit delight in God: And shall therein consider, The Nature Modification of it.
2. Of the more explicite delight in God: And shall therein consider, The Nature Modification of it.
1. Its Nature; Which from what hath §1been said of delight in the general, with the addition of holiness thereto, (which is the work of Gods Spirit, determining the act ⟨p. 156⟩or faculty to which it adheres towards God), may be conceived thus, That it is the acquiescence or rest of the Soul in God, by a satisfiedness of will in him, as the best and most excellent Good.
1. Its Nature; Which from what hath §1been said of delight in the general, with the addition of holiness thereto, (which is the work of Gods Spirit, determining the act ⟨p. 156⟩or faculty to which it adheres towards God), may be conceived thus, That it is the acquiescense or rest of the Soul in God, by a satisfiedness of will in him, as the best and most excellent Good.