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

2. To be still with God is the ⟨p. 316⟩most satisfying life, nothing else will do it. All the Rivers run into the Sea, yet the Sea is not full, Eccl. 1.7. Let all the golden streams of worldly delights run into the heart of man, yet the heart is not full: strain out the quintessence of the creature, it turns to froth: Eccles. 1.2. Vanity of vanities: but in God is sweet satisfaction and contentment. My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness, Psal. 63.5. Here is an Hive of sweetness, a mirror of beauty, a magazine of riches; here is the River of pleasure, where the soul bathes with infinite delight, Psal. 36.8. and this River hath a Fountain at the bottom, ver. 9. For with thee is the fountain of life: ¹and is not this most satisfactory? It is a witty observation of Picus Mirandula, That in the Creation of the World, God gave the water ⟨p. 317⟩to the fish; the earth to the beasts; the air to the fowls; & afterward, made man in his own image, that man might say, Lord, there is nothing upon earth to be desired besides Thee; what can satiate my soul, but to be still with thee?

2. To be still with God is the ⟨p. 316⟩most satisfying life, nothing else will do it. All the Rivers run into the Sea, yet the Sea is not full, Eccl. 1.7. Let all the golden streams of worldly delights run into the heart of man, yet the heart is not full: strain out the quintessence of the creature, it turns to froth: Eccles. 1.2. Vanity of vanities: but in God is sweet satisfaction and contentment. My soul shall be fatisfied, as with marrow and fatness,