Chap. .22. .`;n.xpofation upon the Book of J OB. Verf 26. 25s faculties of the foule, He ( I fay ) concludes this from it ; The iveg; enirnne- bountifull Creator bathprovidedfor more then our nece f ty, or he t pra> bathprovidedmore then will barelyferve our turne to live upon, we ; fy e¡#, ky; are llvcdeven up tooter delights.NowI fay, though the Lord lath fu deácijl aa;a+ provided delights for usin the creature, yet it is our duty, ournur See. I $. greateft our higheft duty todelight chiefly in theLord,to delight de Berifc. 5. in him firtt, and to delight in nothing but in reference unto him ; nothing fhould be pleafng tous, but as there is an irnprefre or itampe of the love ofGod upon it, or as it tafis ofhis goodneffe. And indeed what can delight us long but this thought ? that God. delighteth in us, or that we are a delight to God ; that God is Good,and that God is good to us ; having tailed goodnefs, we fhould love and delight in him, above all our delights. The Piálmift (Tfal. r 37.6.) preferred lerufalem above his chiefeft joy ; howmuch more fhould we preferre the God offerufalem above our chiefett joy. God delighteth inman whom he bath made,and who is hi fon by Grace,next to efus Chrift who is his fon by nature, and Jeus-Chrift delighteth inman whomhe bath redeemed, an timid not man delight in his maker,in his father, in his redeemer: We have a molt divine defcription ofthe delight which theFather takes in Chrift his Son,and which Chrift taketh in his redeemedOnes, (Pro. 8, 30 3r .) Then was 1 by him as One br?ught up with him, and Iwas daily hisdelight(Chrilt was the de- light ofhis father,and he delighted in his farher)rejoycingalwayes before him ; rejoycing in the habitable parts ofhit earth, and my de- light was with the Eons o fmen.Jefus Chrift himfelfe takes up many ofhis delights with the tons ofmen, whom hecalls the habitable parts ofthe earth, even tholeof the ions of men that area habi- tation Na unr iorurn ofGod through the Spirit. Now (I fay) as thedelight ofdeli e t %a_ the Father is in the Sonne, and the delight of th-e Son in the Fa- vi(ama vwimp. Cher, and the delight both of Father and Son in theSaints, in the rota>deoplace. habitable parts ofthe earth, or with the founts of men; fo the de- to f'ui, cajus light of the£onnes ofmen fhould be in the Father, and in elei, bah a ..ea ,.. Sonne; there fhould our delight be, there fhould we takeourinter coo qui ip. higheft contentment. ¡'torn animo re Secondly, the words are rather tobe taken for a promife, Then verentur d fhalt thouhave thy delight in the Lord ; Then, that is. when thou colxne* turneft from fit-dull delights, or delight not in fin,I attire thee of fpiritualldelight. Whence
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