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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

The Chief Good, and Delectable

God is bonum summum, the chief good. In the chief good there must be delectability; it must have something that is delicious and sweet: and where can we suck those pure essential comforts, which ravish us with delight, but in God? In God's character there is a certain sweetness which fascinates or rather enraptures the soul. 'At thy right hand there are pleasures.' Psa 16: 11:
In the chief good there must be transcendence, it must have a surpassing excellence. Thus God is infinitely better than all other things. Thomas Watson, 17th century


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