A44697:524
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
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.
Have you any thing to except against that measure and character of loyal affection to your Redeemer and Lord, If ye love me, keep my commandments; Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you; This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments? Do you not disobey the known will of God in your ordinary practice without regret? Do not you know it to be his will, That you strive to enter in at the strait gate; That you seek first the Kingdom of Heaven; That you keep your heart with all diligence; That you deny your self, crucify the flesh, be temperate, just, merciful, patient? Do you aim at obeying him in these things? Can you say, Lord, for thy sake I refrain the things to which my ⟨p. 243⟩heart inclines? Hath his prohibition any restraining force upon your hearts? Do you not allow your self to be licentious, earthly, vain, proud, wrathful, revengeful, though you know it will offend him? And is this your love to him, or delight in him?
Have you any thing to except against that measure and character of loyal affection to your Redeemer and Lord, If ye love me, keep my commandments; Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you; This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments? Do you not disobey the known will of God in your ordinary practice without regret? Do not you know it to be his will, That you strive to enter in at the strait gate; That you seek first the Kingdom of Heaven; That you keep your heart with all diligence; That you deny your self, crucifie the flesh, be temperate, just, merciful, patient? Do you aim at obeying him in these things? Can you say, Lord, for thy sake I refrain the things to which my ⟨p. 243⟩heart inclines? Hath his prohibition any restraining force upon your hearts? Do you not allow your self to be licentious, earthly, vain, proud, wrathful, revengeful, though you know it will offend him? And is this your love to him, or delight in him?