And the first Use we may make of it may be that which the Psalmist makes the title of the 32. Use 1 Psalm, (as of some others) Maschil, a Psalm to give instruction. Let this (I say) be a word or Doctrine to teach: And what doth it teach? Even the very sum in the total sum, which David's Psalm there teacheth, namely, who is the truly blessed man, and wherein real blessedness doth consist? Holy David saw the sons of men every where dis-spiriting themselves in the vehement prosecutions of blessedness, every man would be happy, but the mischief is, men seek blessedness where it is not to be found; every one knocks at the wrong door; and therefore he labours to call them off from their mistaken pursuits in some such language, Oh ye sons of men, how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Come hither, and hearken, and I will show you the thing which you are seeking and hunting after, but in vain; behold! I will show you who is indeed the blessed man, namely, the pardoned man — blessednesses to the man whose transgression is forgiven, 1whose sin is covered, blessednesses to the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity; q.d. other men may seem blessed; to have what one would, and do what one listeth, this may be accounted a •are felicity amongst sensual men, who live no higher than the brute beasts of the earth, merely by sight and sense; but when ⟨p. 99⟩all is done, the pardoned man is the blessed man, yea, he is blest, and blest, and blest again, double and treble blessednesses are his portion for ever.
And the first Ʋse we may make of it may be that which the Psalmist makes the title of the 32. Ʋse 1 Psalm, (as of some others) Maschil, a Psalm to give instruction. Let this (I say) be a word or Doctrine to teach: And what doth it teach? Even the very sum in the total sum, which David's Psalm there teacheth, namely, who is the truly blessed man, and wherein real blessedness doth consist? Holy David saw the sons of men every where dis-spiriting themselves in the vehement prosecutions of blessedness, every man would be happy, but the mischief is, men seek blessedness where it is not to be found; every one knocks at the wrong door; and therefore he labours to call them off from their mistaken purfuits in some such language, Oh ye sons of men, how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which saetisfieth not? Come hither, and hearken, and I will shew you the thing which you are seeking and hunting after, but in vain; behold! I will shew you who is indeed the blessed man, namely, the pardoned man — blessednesses to the man whose transgression is forgiven, 1whose sin is covered, blessednesses to the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity; q.d. other men may seem blessed; to have what one would, and do what one listeth, this may be accounted a •are felicity amongst sensual men, who live no higher than the brate beasts of the earth, meerly by sight and sence; but when ⟨p. 99⟩all is done, the pardoned man is the blessed man, yea, he is blest, and blest, and blest again, double and treble blessednesses are his portion for ever.
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