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A discourse about the state of true happiness delivered in certain sermons in Oxford,…A discourse about the state of true happinesse deliuered in certaine sermons in Oxford,…
A discourse about the state of true happiness delivered in certain sermons in Oxford, and at Pauls Cross: by Robert Bolton.A discourse about the state of true happinesse deliuered in certaine sermons in Oxford, and at Pauls Crosse: by Robert Bolton.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Edmund Weaver, 1611London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Edmund Weauer, 1611
A DISCOURSE ABOUT THE STATE OF TRUE HAPPINESS.A DISCOVRSE ABOVT THE STATE OF TRVE HAPPINESSE.
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A DISCOURSE ABOUT THE STATE OF TRUE HAPPINESS.
A DISCOVRSE ABOVT THE STATE OF TRVE HAPPINESSE.
PSALM. 1. 1 Blessed is the m•n that doth not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law doth he meditate day and night.
PSALM. 1. 1 Blessed is the m•n that doth not walke in the counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornefull. 2 But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law doth he meditate day and night.
There is no greater encouragement, or stronger motive, to stir a man to an eager, and earnest pursuit of the means then to purpose unto him an end, wherein at length his heart may repose, as in a concurrence of all comforts and contentments. To which, there is no possibility of attainment, but by pureness of heart, holiness of life, constancy in a course of sanctification; which only lead unto the face, and presence of God, where, and with whom alone is the highest perfection of bliss, a river of infinite pleasures, the well of life, and endless rest of all created desires. For the capacity of mans soul, cannot possibly be filled with the sufficiency of any creature; no, not with a world of creatures; for they are all