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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 most profitable way of considering these words, will be chiefly to insist on the direction given in the former part of the Verse. And then to show towards the close, how the ⟨p. 4⟩event promised in the latter part, will not only by virtue of the Promise, but even naturally follow thereupon.
The most profitable way of considering these words, will be chiefly to insist on the direction given in the former part of the Verse. And then to shew towards the close, how the ⟨p. 4⟩event promised in the latter part, will not only by virtue of the Promise, but even naturally follow thereupon.
The Direction in the former part, gives us a plain signification of Gods good pleasure, that he himself would be the great object of his peoples delight. Or, it is his will, that they principally delight themselves in him.
Our discourse upon this Subject will fall naturally into two parts: