A treatise of delighting in God from Psal. xxxvij. 4. Delight thy self also…

That we may here therefore with the more advantage state the delectable good, we are now to consider, It will be requisite to promise two things.

1. That all delightful enjoyment of God, supposes some communication from him. Nothing can delight us, or be enjoyed by us; whereof ⟨p. 13⟩we do not, some way, or by some faculty or other, partake somewhat. Either by our external sense, sensitive appetite, fancy, memory, mind, will; and either in an higher, or lower degree, for a longer or a shorter time, according as the delight is, for kind, degree, or continuance which is taken therein. This is plain in it self. And in the present case therefore of delighting in God or enjoying him, some communication, or participation there must be one way or other according as the enjoyment of him is. And as the case with man now is, it is necessary he do with clearest and the most penetrative light and power, come in upon his mind and heart, scatter darkness, remove prejudice, abolish former relishes, transfuse his own sweet savour through the Soul. Proportionably therefore, to what is to be done, he communicates himself, as the event constantly shows, with all them that are ever brought to any real enjoyment of him.

1. That all delightful injoyment of God, supposes some communication from him. Nothing can delight us, or be injoy'd by us; whereof ⟨p. 13⟩we do not, some way, or by some faculty or other, partake somewhat. Either by our external sense, sensitive appetite, phansie, memory, mind, will; and either in an higher, or lower degree, for a longer or a shorter time, according as the delight is, for kind, degree, or continuance which is taken therein. This is plain in it self. And in the present case therefore of delighting in God or enjoying him, some communication, or participation there must be one way or other according as the injoyment of him is. And as the case with man now is, it is necessary he do with clearest and the most penetrative light and power, come in upon his mind and heart, scatter darkness, remove prejudice, abolish former relishes, transfuse his own sweet savor through the Soul. Proportionably therefore, to what is to be done, he communicates himself, as the event constantly shews, with all them that are ever brought to any real injoyment of him.