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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 1. Distinctions 1 and 2.
Book One: First and Second Distinctions
First Distinction. Third Part. On the Enjoyer
Question 1 Whether enjoying belongs to God

Question 1 Whether enjoying belongs to God

159. Lastly in regard to this first distinction I ask about the enjoyer, namely to whom as subject enjoyment belongs, and first whether enjoying belongs to God.

It seems that it does not:

Because enjoyment is with respect to the end; but God does not have an end; therefore enjoying does not belong to God.

160. On the contrary:

God loves himself; and he does not love himself because of something else, because then he would be using himself; therefore he enjoys himself. The consequence is plain, because if he loves himself, either by using or enjoying himself.