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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.
The highest Delight comparatively, i. e. higher than we take in any thing else; nothing must be so much delighted in as he. We do not otherwise delight in him as God, which is one way of glorifying him. And its part of the Apostles charge upon the Pagan world, that knowing him to be God, they did not glorify him as God.
The highest Delight comparatively, i. e. higher than we take in any thing else; nothing must be so much delighted in as he. We do not otherwise delight in him as God, which is one way of glorifying him. And its part of the Apostles charge upon the Pagan world, that knowing him to be God, they did not glorifie him as God.
If we make the comparison between him and all the good things of this world, the matter is out of question. It is the sense of holy Souls, Whom have I in Heaven but thee?1 and whom can I desire on earth besides thee? When others say, Who will show us any Good? They say, Lord,2 Lift thou up the light of thy countenance—. And thereby he puts gladness into their hearts, more than when Corn and Wine increase. And whosoever love not Christ more than Father,3 Mother,4 Wife, Child; yea, and their own lives, cannot be his Disciples. Their present worldly ⟨p. 161⟩life it self, it put in the balance, he must outweigh.
If we make the comparison between him and all the good things of this world, the matter is out of question. It is the sense of holy Souls, Whom have I in Heaven but thee?