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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.
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.
Absolute. Relative.
1. God may be looked upon in an absolute consideration, as he is in himself the best and most excellent Being; wherein we behold the concurrence of all perfections; The most amiable and beauteous excellencies, to an intellectual eye, that it can have any apprehension of.
1. God may be lookt upon in an absolute consideration, as he is in himself the best and most excellent Being; wherein we behold the concurrence of all perfections; The most amiable and beauteous excellencies, to an intellectual eye, that it can have any apprehension of.