Joseph Hall Quote

God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with making themselves miserable. The idolaters thought it a fit service for Baal to cut and lance themselves; never any holy man looked for thanks from the true God by wronging himself.

The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Contemplations (ed. 1808)