when God calls his Son agapēton, “beloved” (Matt. 3:17), he adds, as an exposition of it, en ho eudokēsa, “in whom I rest well pleased.” The return that the saints make unto him, to complete communion with him herein, holds some analogy with his love in this; for it is a love also of rest and delight.35 “Return unto your rest, my soul,” says David (Ps. 116:7). He makes God his rest; that is, he in whom his soul does rest, without seeking further for a more suitable and desirable object. “Whom have