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

Nay, but that all is not all; the Apostle goes further; it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell. ¹To note the Duration of this fullness, 'tis not Transient but Immanent. This fullness is not in Christ as the water in the pipe, or spout; the Spout may be full of water, but it continues not ⟨p. 304⟩there, Water doth not dwell in the spout; but this fullness is in Christ as light in the Sun, it dwells there. Christs fullness is a never-failing fullness; what can be said more? nay, but the Apostle carries it yet higher; in him dwells all the fullness of the God-head; if Christ had all the fullness of the Creation, the Treasures of the earth; the holiness of the Angels, yet this could not satisfy the soul. In him there is [Greek or Hebrew], The fullness of the Godhead, the riches of the Deity are in him; and the communication of this blessed fullness^*, so far as there is a capacity to receive *, is that which satisfies the Soul, and fills it brim full; and if there be such a plenitude and fullness in God, no wonder a gracious heart desires to be still with God.

Nay, but that all is not all; the Apostle goes further; it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell. ¹To note the Duration of this fullness, 'tis not Transient but Immanent. This fulness is not in Christ as the water in the pipe, or spout; the Spout may be full of water, but it continues not ⟨p. 304⟩there, Water doth not dwell in the spout; but this fulness is in Christ as light in the Sun, it dwells there. Christs fulnesse is a never-failing fulness; what can be said more? nay, but the Apostle carries it yet higher; in him dwells all the fulness of the God-head; if Christ had all the fullness of the Creation, the Treasures of the earth; the holiness of the Angels, yet this could not satisfy the soul. In him there is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, The fulness of the Godhead, the riches of the Deity are in him; and the communication of this blessed fulness