PART III: ofgracious 4feMons. 263 But here tome may objeé and fay, How is this confiftent with what all allow, That fpiriritual Enjoyments are of a Soul - fatisfying Nature ? I anfwer, It's being fo, will appear to be not at all inconfiftent with what has been faid, if it be confidered in what Manner fpiritual Enjoyments are faid to be of a Soul-fatisfying Nature. Certainly they are not fo in that Senfe, that they are of fo cloying a Nature, that he who has any Thing of them, tho' but in a very imperfect De- gree, defire no more. But fpiritual Enjoyments are of a Soul- fatisfy- ing Nature in the following Refpe&s, r. They in their Kind and Nature, are fully adapted to the Nature, Capacity and Need of the Soul of Man. So that thofe who find them, defire no other Kind of Enjoyments ; they fit down fully contented with that Kind of Hap- pinefs which they have, defiring no Change, nor inclining to wander about any more, laying who will Phew us any Good ? The Soul is never cloyed, never weary ; but perpetually givingup it felf, with all it's Powers, to this Happinefs. But not that thofe who have fome- thing of this Happinefs, defire no more of the fame. 2. They are fatisfying all() in this Refpea, that they anfwer the Expectation of the Appetite. When the Appetite is high to any Thing, the Expef ati- on is confequently fo. Appetite to a particular Object, implies Ex- pe&ation in it's Nature. This Expectation is not fatisfied by world- ly Enjoyments, the Man expected to have a great Acceflîon of Hap- pinefs, but he is difappointed. But it is not fo with fpiritual Enjoy__ ments ; They fully anfwer and fatisfy the Expectation. 3. The Gratification and Pleafure of fpiritualEnjoyments is permanent. 'Tis not fo with worldly Enjoyments. They in a Senfe fatisfy particular Appetites ; but the Appetite in being fatisfied, is glutted, and then the Pleafure is over : And as foon as that is over, the general Appe- tite of human Nature after Happinefs returns ; belt is empty, and without any Thing to fatisfy it. So that the glutting of a particular Appetite, does but take away from, and leave empty, the general Thirft ofNature. 4.. Spiritual Good is fatisfying, as there is enough in it, to fatisfy the Soul, as to Degree, if ObftacIes were but removed, and the enjoying Faculty duly applied. There is Room enough here for the Soul to extend it fell; Here is an infinite Ocean of it. If Men ben't fatisfied here, in Degree of Happinefs, the Caufe is with themfelves ; 'tis becaufe theydon't open their Mouths wide enough. But thefe Things don't argue that a Soul has no Appetite excited after more of the fame, that has tafted a little ; or that his Appetite will not increafe, the more he taftes, 'till he comes to Fulnefs of En- joyment : As Bodies that are attracted to the Globe of the Earth, tend to it more ftrongly, the nearer they come to the attracting Body, and are not at Reft out of the Centre. Spiritual Good is of a fatisfying Nature; and for that very Reafon, the Soul that taftes, and knows S 4 it's
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