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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
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2. In a Relative, viz. As his Goodness and Excellency are considered, not merely as they are in himself, but also as having someway an aspect on his creatures. For considering him as in himself the most excellent Being; If here we give our thoughts liberty of exercising themselves, we shall soon find, that hereupon he must be considered also as the first Being, the Original and Author of all other Beings; Otherwise he were not the most excellent.
2. In a Relative, viz. As his Goodness and Excellency are considered, not meerly as they are in himself, but also as having someway an aspect on his creatures. For considering him as in himself the most excellent Being; If here we give our thoughts liberty of exercising themselves, we shall soon find, that hereupon he must be considered also as the first Being, the Original and Author of all other Beings; Otherwise he were not the most excellent.
From whence we will see, Relation doth arise between him and his creatures that have there Being from him.
And besides the general relations which he beareth to them all, as the common Maker, Sustainer, and Disposer of them; Observing that there are some which by their reasonable natures, are capable of Government by him (in the proper sense, viz. by a Law) and of blessedness in him.