A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

Give any man both that which he would have, and that which he should have, and he is contented. If indeed you give a man what he would have, supposing it ⟨p. 252⟩be that which he should not have, his desires being depraved and vitiated, he cannot be contented when he hath what he desired, because lusts are unsatiable, and sinful desires never satisfied: (thence the Heathen Emperors had their Inventors of new pleasures; and possibly that may be the meaning of that place, Rom. 1.28. The Heathen wearied with common, invented, unnatural delights) But give a man what he would have, suppose it be what he should have (his desires being rectified) and he is then at ease and rest.

Give any man both that which he would have, and that which he should have, and he is contented. If indeed you give a man what he would have, supposing it ⟨p. 252⟩be that which he should not have, his desires being depraved and vitiated, he cannot be contented when he hath what he desired, because lusts are unsatiable, and sinful desires never satisfied: (thence the Heathen Emperours had their Inventors of new pleasures; and possibly that may be the meaning of that place, Rom. 1.28. The Heathen wearied with common, invented, unnatural delights) But give a man what he would have, suppose it be what he should have (his desires being rectified) and he is then at ease and rest.

He who knoweth God aright, is fully satisfied in him; when he once drinketh of the Fountain of living waters, he thirsteth no more after other objects, Joh. 4.14. Though the Soul still desireth to know more of God, till it come to that place where it shall know as it is known, as David, though satisfied with his portion,