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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.
(Under which latter, what will be said of the latter part of the Verse will fitly fall in).
That we may more distinctly open the import and meaning of Delighting in God; It will be necessary that we treat, 1. Of the Delectable Object. 2. Of the Delight to be taken therein.
As to the former, The general object of Delight is some good, or somewhat so conceived of; with the addition of being apprehended some way present. Here it is the chief and best good. The highest and most perfect excellency. Which goodness and excellency considered as residing in God, gives us a twofold notion or view of the object, whereupon this delight may have it's exercise.
As to the former, The general object of Delight is some good, or somewhat so conceived of; with the addition of being apprehended some way present. Here it is the cheif and best good. The highest and most perfect excellency. Which goodness and excellency considered as residing in God, gives us a twofold notion or view of the object, whereupon this delight may have it's exercise.