LEIGHTON.

It is one main point of happiness, that he that is happy doth know and

judge himself to be so. This being the peculiar good of a reasonable

creature, it is to be enjoyed in a reasonable way. It is not as the

dull resting of a stone, or any other natural body in its natural

place; but the knowledge and consideration of it is the fruition of

it, the very relishing and tasting of its sweetness.

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