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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.
Nor yet is it the mere essence of God which men can be said to enjoy. For that is not communicated nor communicable. Enjoyment supposes possession. But it would be a strange Language to say we possess the Essence of God otherwise than relatively; which is not enough unto actual enjoyment. His mere essential presence is not enough. That renders him not enjoyed by any, for that is equally with all and every where; But all cannot be said to enjoy him.
Nor yet is it the meer essence of God which men can be said to enjoy. For that is not communicated nor communicable. Injoyment supposes possession. But it would be a strange Language to say we possess the Essence of God otherwise than relatively; which is not enough unto actual enjoyment. His meer essential presence is not enough. That renders him not injoy'd by any, for that is equally with all and every where; But all cannot be said to enjoy him.
As therefore it is a real, so there must be some special communication, by which, being received, we are truly said to enjoy him.
As therefore it is a real, so there must be some special communication, by which, being received, we are truly said to injoy him.
A special good it must be, not such as is common to all. For there is a communication from him that is of that extent, in as much as all live and move and have there Beings in him and the whole earth is full of his goodness.