AE 229 - spiritual delight

AE 229 [2]
But the reason why faith is called the first principle of the church is,
that it is the first to appear;
for what a person believes, that he thinks, and sees in thought;
whereas that with which a person is spiritually affected,
he does not think, nor, therefore, does he see it in thought,
but he perceives it in a certain sense which has no reference to sight,
but to another sensitive, which is called that of delight.
And because this delight is spiritual,
and above the feeling of natural delight,
a person does not perceive it, until he becomes spiritual,
that is, when he is regenerated by the Lord.