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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.
But now because by the apostasy we have ⟨p. 7⟩injured his right in us, as our Lord; forfeited our own right in him, as our portion; and lost our immediate capacity or disposition both to serve and enjoy him: This great breach between him and us was not otherwise to be made up but by a Mediator. Unto which office and undertaking, his own Son, incarnate, the Word made Flesh (being only fit) was designed. By him, dealing between both the distanced Parties, satisfying the Justice of God, overcoming the enmity of man, the difference (so far as the efficacy of his Mediation doth extend) is composed. And to the reconciled, God becomes again their acknowledged both Lord and Portion. His right is vindicated, theirs is restored; and both are established upon new grounds, added to those upon which they stood before. And so, as that now our actings towards God, and expectations from him, must be through the Mediator.
But now because by the apostacy we have ⟨p. 7⟩injur'd his right in us, as our Lord; forfeited our own right in him, as our portion; and lost our immediate capacity or disposition both to serve and injoy him: This great breach between him and us was not otherwise to be made up but by a Mediator. Unto which office and undertaking, his own Son, incarnate, the Word made Flesh (being only fit) was designed. By him, dealing between both the distanced Parties, satisfying the Justice of God, overcoming the enmity of man, the difference (so far as the efficacy of his Mediation doth extend) is composed. And to the reconciled, God becomes again their acknowledg'd both Lord and Portion. His right is vindicated, theirs is restored; and both are established upon new grounds, added to those upon which they stood before. And so, as that now our actings towards God, and expectations from him, must be through the Mediator.
Whereupon this object of our delight, considered relatively unto us, is entirely God in Christ,—Being reconciled,—We joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,