A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…

S. Paul confesseth, that divers things he did amiss, but ¹with no allowance, for he hated them: and sundry good works he failed to do, but not to desire, for his will was to have performed them. And God giveth a testimony of integrity, and a promise of happiness to his faithful servants, in that divine and holy Psalm. Blessed (saith he) are those that ²are upright in their way. Surely they work none iniquity, but walk in his ways.

S. Paul confesseth, that diuers things he did amisse, but ¹with no allowance, for hee hated them: and sundry good workes he failed to doe, but not to desire, for his will was to haue performed them. And God giueth a testimonie of integritie, and a promise of happinesse to his faithfull seruants, in that diuine and holy Psalme. Blessed (saith he) are those that ²are vpright in their way. Surely they worke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.

1. 1Rom. 7. 15.
2. 2Psal. 119. 1. 3.

Reason 1 First, the Lord doth minister assistance to them, his word to be a light, and his spirit to be a guide in their ways; and both of them to discover the deceitfulness and danger of evil, to the end that they may with the more wisdom and wariness avoid it.

Reason 1 First, the Lord doth minister assistance to them, his word to be a light, and his spirit to be a guide in their waies; and both of them to discouer the deceitfulnesse and danger of euill, to the end that they may with the more wisdome and warinesse auoid it.