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Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…
Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the late reverend Mr. Joseph Caryl.
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior, 1675
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These Righteous ones shall flourish. They shall not only Live and Continue, but they shall have a flourishing life. David saith, Mine enemies live, and are mighty. 'Tis true, they do so for a time, many times. The Righteous live, and they have a mightiness too. For they flourish.
And how do they flourish? Not as the Grass, but as the Palm-tree.
I shall only open that a little, and touch only upon one point, from the Parallel. They shall flourish as the Palm-tree.
I shall only open that a little, and touch only upon one point, from the Paralel. They shall flourish as the Palm-tree.
The Palm-tree is an excellent tree, and the praises of God are often resembled by it: Nay, they are said in the Revelation to have Palms in their hands. And they are shadowed by the Palm-tree, in the Prophecy of Ezekiel, Chap. 40. 31. in the description of the New Jerusalem.