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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 this seems very pertinent to the design of this Scripture; which aiming to recall and draw in the hearts of godly Persons ⟨p. 10⟩from too earnest, and from envious lingerings after the enjoyments of worldly men (their enemies and oppressors), propounds what may be an over-balance to the (imagined) felicity of their state; And wherein they should more than equal them in point of enjoyment.
And this seems very pertinent to the design of this Scripture; which aiming to recal and draw in the hearts of godly Persons ⟨p. 10⟩from too earnest, and from envious lingerings after the enjoyments of worldly men (their enemies and oppressors), propounds what may be an over-ballance to the (imagined) felicity of their state; And wherein they should more than equal them in point of injoyment.
And should we single out this, as the object to be considered, God as a portion. That it might be more distinctly represented, we should have two things to take notice of, that would render it most delectable, and such as wherein holy hearts may acquiesce, and rest with fullest satisfaction.
The Sufficiency Communicableness of it.