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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
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.
Nor was this a transient fit only with the Psalmist, but we find him frequently speaking the same sense,1 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord for ever, And again we have the like strains;2 How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord God of Hosts! My Soul longeth; yea, even fainteth for the Courts of the Lord: Blessed are they that dwell in thy House, &c. And what was this House more to him than another House, save that here he reckoned upon enjoying the Divine Presence? So that here was an heart so naturalized to this Presence, as to affect an abode in it, and that he might lead his life with God, and dwell with him all his days; He could not be content with giving a visit now and then.
Nor was this a transient fit only with the Psalmist, but we find him frequently speaking the same sense,1 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord for ever, And again we have the like strains;2 How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord God of Hosts! My Soul longeth; yea, even fainteth for the Courts of the Lord: Blessed are they that dwell in thy House, &c. And what was this House more to him than another House, save that here he reckoned upon enjoying the Divine Presence? So that here was an heart so naturaliz'd to this Presence, as to affect an abode in it, and that he might lead his life with God, and dwell with him all his days; He could not be content with giving a visit now and then.