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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.
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?1 and whom can I desire on earth besides thee? When others say, Who will shew 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.
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