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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.
Converse with the Word of God. Read his descriptions of Himself; And do not content your selves to have the words and expressions before your eyes, or in your mouths, that represent to you his Nature and Attributes; but make your pauses, and consider the things themselves signified by them; that is, when you read such passages of his own holy Book, as that which tells you his name, that He is the Lord, 1the Lord God, gracious and merciful, &c. Or that tell you He is light, He is love, He is God only wise, He is the Almighty, God all-sufficient, He is all in all, and that the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain Him; Or wherein you find him admired as glorious in Holiness; Or that say, He is what He is, that He is the first and the last, the Alpha and Omega, &c. Labour to fix the apprehension and true import of all such expressions deep in your mind; that you may have an entire and well-formed representation of him before you, unto which you may upon all occasions have recourse, and not be at a loss every time you are to apply your selves to any converse with him, what or how to conceive of him.
Converse with the Word of God. Read his descriptions of Himself; And do not content your selves to have the words and expressions before your eyes, or in your mouths, that represent to you his Nature and Attributes; but make your pauses, and consider the things themselves signify'd by them; that is, when you read such passages of his own holy Book, as that which tells you his name, that He is the Lord, 1the Lord God, gracious and merciful, &c. Or that tell you He is light, He is love, He is God only wise, He is the Almighty, God all-sufficient, He is all in all, and that the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain Him; Or wherein you find him admired as glorious in Holiness; Or that say, He is what He is, that He is the first and the last, the Alpha and Omega, &c. Labour to fix the apprehension and true import of all such expressions deep in your mind; that you may have an entire and well-formed representation of him before you, unto which you may upon all occasions have recourse, and not be at a loss every time you are to apply your selves to any converse with him, what or how to conceive of him.
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