So much as we see of the love of God, so much shall we delight in
him, and no more. Every other discovery of God, without this, will but make the
soul fly from him; but if the heart be once much taken up with this the
eminency of the Father's love, it cannot choose but be overpowered, conquered,
and endeared unto him. This, if anything, will work upon us to make our abode
with him. If the love of a father will not make a child delight in him, what
will? Put, then, this to the venture: exercise your thoughts upon this very
thing, the eternal, free, and fruitful
love of the Father, and see if your hearts be not wrought upon to delight
in him. I dare boldly say: believers will find it as thriving a course as ever
they pitched on in their lives. Sit down a little at the fountain, and you will
quickly have a further discovery of the sweetness of the streams. You who have
run from him, will not be able, after a while, to keep at a distance for a
moment.
John Owen, Vol. 2, p. 36
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