>”Pleasure may stand with innocence. He that rejoiced to see all He had made to be good, rejoiceth to see all that He had made to be well. 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.” ~Bishop Joseph Hall