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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. 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.
That it be the rest of the Soul, belongs to its general nature.
And so doth the mentioned kind of rest, more distinguishingly, by the wills satisfiedness in him: Because the Soul may be also said to rest satisfied (in respect of another faculty) by the mere knowledge of Truth; But this supposes so much of that also as is necessary. And because the acts of the understanding are subservient and in order to those of the will, in the Souls pursuit of a delightful good; which is so far attained as it actually delights therein; Therefore this may more simply be called the rest of the whole Soul, whereas that other is its rest but in some respect only: Especially when we add,