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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.
And being considered as a Portion, the matter is plain, That so rich and abounding fullness, where also there is so communicative an inclination, cannot but recommend him a most satisfying object of delight.
And being considered as a Portion, the matter is plain, That so rich and abounding fulness, where also there is so communicative an inclination, cannot but recommend him a most satisfying object of delight.
And thus we are more principally to consider him, viz. rather relatively than absolutely; and that relatedness (which the state of the case requires) as now anew settled in Christ. And so, though it be very delightful to look upon him, as one that may, and is ready to become related to us, (as he is to any that will consent and agree with him upon the Mediators terms): Yet it adds unspeakably to the pleasantness of this object, when we can reflect upon such characters in our selves, as from whence we may regularly conclude, that he is actually thus related unto us. That is, that we have consented; That our relation to him immediately arises from the Covenant of life and peace; That he hath entered into Covenant with us, and so we are become his.
And thus we are more principally to consider him, viz. rather relatively than absolutely; and that relatedness (which the state of the case requires) as now anew setled in Christ. And so, though it be very delightful to look upon him, as one that may, and is ready to become related to us, (as he is to any that will consent and agree with him upon the Mediators terms): Yet it adds unspeakably to the pleasantness of this object, when we can reflect upon such characters in our selves, as from whence we may regularly conclude, that he is actually thus related unto us. That is, that we have consented; That our relation to him immediately arises from the Covenant of life and peace; That he hath entered into Covenant with us, and so we are become his.