OF DE LIGHTING IN GOD; FROM PSALM XXXVII. 4. DELIGHT THYSELF IN THE LORD, AND HE SHALL GIVE THEE THE DESIRES OF THINE HEART.” (n PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD, AS CONNECTED WITH THE APPINESS OF MAN.) BY THE REV. JOHN HOWE, M.A. “ Howe seems to have understood the Gospel as well as any uninspired of Practical Writers. LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO. BERNERS STREET. MDCCCXXXIX. NOTICE TO THE READER. The following Work, entitled A Treatise of Delighting in God, and which might perhaps be more properly entitled A Practical Treatise on the Love of God, as connected with the Happiness of Man, is intended as a companion to another work of the same Author, On the Blessedness of the Righteous, lately published in a similar form, and upon a similar plan. In this Edition, some extraneous matter, which encumbered the original work, has been omitted. Expressions, once familiar and in common use, but now become obsolete or vulgar, have been exchanged for others more appropriate, and of the correct modern stamp. Attention has also been paid to the punctuation and right division of sentences, from the want of which, in former Editions, it is sometimes difficult, without a second or third reading, to apprehend the true meaning of the writer. By these and some other slight altera Rod MIP. 7-21-40 131138 tions, the Editor has endeavoured to present this excellent Work in a form the most suitable to modern Readers, and such as the Author himself might have approved. London, May 1st, 1839. CONTENTS. The Object, to be delighted in God considered in his relation to us God considered as our Lord and Portion The Sufficiency of this Portion The Communicableness of this Portion Joy hence arising, a matter of experience Desires of the unregenerate Soul CHAP. II. Effect, of the Revelation of God, in transforming the Soul 26 Its effect, in delighting the Soul Its effect, in impressing the Image of God Its effect, in producing Conformity to God The Gospel, the proper Instrument of Conformity to God 32 |