The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation

The meditation of Gods holiness would have this effect, it would be a means to transform us into the similitude and likeness of God; God never loves us till we are like him^*. There is a story in Peter Martyr of a deformed man, who set curious fair pictures before his wife, that seeing them, she might have fair children, and so she had. Jacobs cattle looking on the rods which were pilled, and had white streaks in them, conceived like the rods, Gen. 30.38, 39. So while by meditation we are looking upon the beams of holiness which are gloriously transparent in God, we shall grow like him, and be holy as he is holy. Holiness is a beautiful thing, Psal. 110. It puts a kind ⟨p. 77⟩of angelical brightness upon us; 'tis the only coin will pass currant in heaven, by the frequent meditation of this attribute, we are changed into Gods image.

The meditation of Gods holinesse would have this effect, it would be a means to transforme us into the similitude and likenesse of God; God never loves us till we are like him^*. There is a story in Peter Martyr of a deform'd man, who set curious faire pictures before his wife, that seeing them, she might have faire children, and so she had. Jacobs cattel looking on the rods which were pilled, and had white strakes in them, conceived like the rods, Gen. 30.38, 39. So while by meditation we are looking upon the beames of holinesse which are gloriously transparent in God, we shall grow like him, and be holy as he is holy. Holinesse is a beautiful thing, Psal. 110. It puts a kinde ⟨p. 77⟩of angelical brightnesse upon us; 'tis the only coyne will pass currant in heaven, by the frequent meditation of this attribute, we are changed into Gods image.