One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119

2. We shall never be ashamed of these joys. 2 Cor. 1. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, &c. All carnal joys have a turpitude affixed to them, and therefore affect to lye hid under a veil of secrecy. The world would cry shame of him that would say of his bags, or his dishes, Here is my joy; as much as men affect these things, yet they desire to conceal them from the knowledge of others.

2. We shall never be ashamed of these joys. 2 Cor. 1. 12. Our rejoycing is this, the testimony of our conscience, &c. All carnal joys have a turpitude affixed to them, and therefore affect to lye hid under a vail of secresie. The world would cry shame of him that would say of his bags, or his dishes, Here is my joy; as much as men affect these things, yet they desire to conceal them from the knowledg of others.

3. We shall be never weary of these joys. The delights of the senses become nauseous and troublesome; our natural dispositions become weary and importunate; a man must have shift and change, pleasures refreshed with other pleasures. But these delights add perfection to ⟨p. 99⟩Nature, therefore when fully enjoyed, they delight most. A good conscience is a continual feast, a dish we are never weary of. The blessed spirits in heaven are never weary of beholding the face of God. God is new and fresh every moment to them. The contemplation of such excellent objects doth not overcharge and weaken the spirits, but doth raise and fortify them. It is true, the corporeal powers being weak, may be tired in such an employment, as much reading is a weariness to the flesh; but the object doth not grow distasteful, as in carnal things.

3. We shall be never weary of these joys. The delights of the senses become nauseous and troublesome; our natural dispositions become weary and importunate; a man must have shift and change, pleasures refreshed with other pleasures. But these delights add perfection to