The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…

IN that that God promiseth to show mercy to thousands of them that love him, & keep his commandments, we learn that the best way for any man to do good to his children, is to be godly him self, as the very words of the commandments do carry it. So Psal. 37. 21. ver. A good man is merciful and lendeth & his seed enjoys the blessing, &c. After 29. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell in it for ever. Not this in his own person, for that were no blessing for a good man to live still in this world, but in his seed he means. One would think the contrary, what is he always lending? still doing good? why alas how shall his poor children do, how shall they do, nay they be rich children & shall do well enough, they have a rich legacy left them, for they shall have Gods blessing, for when he saith the blessing, it is more then if one had said the whole earth, and all the world, for so one might have and yet be under the curse, and live and die a miserable man, but he shall have the blessing, all things necessary for soul & body, heaven and earth, for so much the blessing contains. So 112. Psal. The generation of the righteous shall be blessed. If then the blessing of God be the cause of all prosperity and happiness, and contrary the curse of God, the beginning & ground of all misery, then so far as we are good or ill, so far do we do good or ill to our stock. For in Levit. God threatens that if one be disobedient to God and his commandments, he shall be cursed in his soul and body, in his wife children and all that he puts his hand unto, but on the other side, if one be upright & with a perfect hart, set him self to follow Gods ⟨p. 41⟩commandments, then he shall be blessed in soul and body, in wife and children, and all that he shall put his hand unto, so that the blessing of God shall meet him at every turn.

IN that that God promiseth to shew mercie to thousands of them that loue him, & keepe his commandements, we learne that the best way for any man to do good to his childrē, is to be godly him selfe, as the verie words of the commaundements doe carrie it. So Psal. 37. 21. ver. A good man is mercifull and lendeth & his seede enioyes the blessing, &c. After 29. The righteous shall inherite the land and dwell in it for euer. Not this in his owne person, for that were no blessing for a good man to liue still in this world, but in his seede hee meanes. One would thinke the contrary, what is hee alwaies lending? still doing good? why alas how shall his poore children doe, how shall they do, nay they be rich children & shall do well enough, they haue a rich legacy left them, for they shall haue Gods blessing, for when he saith the blessing, it is more then if one had said the whole earth, and all the world, for so one might haue and yet bee vnder the curse, and liue and die a miserable man, but he shall haue the blessing, all things necessarie for soule & bodie, heauen and earth, for so much the blessing containes. So 112. Psal. The generation of the righteous shall be blessed. If then the blessing of God be the cause of all prosperitie and happinesse, and contrarie the curse of God, the beginning & ground of all miserie, then so farre as we are good or ill, so farre doe we doe good or ill to our stock. For in Leuit. God threatens that if one be disobedient to God and his commaundements, he shall be cursed in his soule and bodie, in his wife children and all that he puts his hand vnto, but on the otherside, if one be vpright & with a perfect hart, set him selfe to follow Gods