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The nature and principles of love, as the end of the commandment declared in…
The nature and principles of love, as the end of the commandment declared in some of the last sermons of Mr. Joseph Caryl ; with an epistle prefixed by John Owen ...
London : Printed, and are to be sold by John Hancock, senior and junior ..., 1673
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now the Righteous at this twelfth Verse, (For I shall not enlarge further upon the state of the wicked; but only to set off the state of the Righteous.) The Righteous shall flourish too. But how? Not like the Grass, but like the Palm-tree. And indeed, they shall abide for ever: whereas the wicked, they shall be destroyed for ever.
Who the Righteous are, I shall not stay to speak of at large.
They are such as are righteous in their state, being in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
And they are such as are righteous in their course, and in their ⟨p. 89⟩life, walking answerably to such a state.
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.