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

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,

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 meer knowledg 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,

As in the best and most excellent good; for this signifies the good wherein it rests to be ultimate, and its last end, the very period of its pursuits, beyond which it neither needs nor desires to go further, viz. as to the kind and nature of the good which it is now intent upon; though it still desire more of the same, till there be no place left for further desire, but it wholly cease and end in full satisfaction.