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The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /
The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...
printed by Sarah Griffin for Samuel Thomson, 1668
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.
1. It is the Divine glory, Let your hearts ⟨p. 74⟩§1dwell a little upon this consideration. 'Tis the g•ory of God, i. e. the glory which the blessed God both enjoys and affords, which he contemplates in himself, and which rays from him to his Saints, 'tis the felicity of the divine Being. It satisfies a Deity, will it not a worm? 'Tis a glory that results and shines from him and in that sense also divine (which here I mainly intend) the beauty of his own face the lustre of Divine perfections, every Attribute bears a part, all concur to make up this glory.
1. It is the Divine glory, Let your hearts ⟨p. 74⟩§1dwell a little upon this consideration. 'Tis the g•ory of God, i. e. the glory which the blessed God both enjoyes and affords, which he contemplates in himself, and which raies from him to his Saints, 'tis the felicity of the divine Being. It satisfies a Deity, will it not a worm? 'Tis a glory that results and shines from him and in that sense also divine (which here I mainly intend) the beauty of his own face the lustre of Divine perfectio•s, every Attribute bears a part, all concur to make up this glory.
And here pretermitting those which are less liable to our apprehension; his Eternity, Immensity, Simplicity, &c. (of which, not having their like in us, we are the more uncapable to form distinct conceptions, and consequently of perceiving the pleasure, that we may hereafter upon the removal of other impediments, find in the contemplation of them) let us bethink our selves how admirable and ravishing the glory will be.
And here pretermitting those which are lesse liable to our apprehension; his Eternity, Immensity, Simplicity, &c. (of which, not having their like in us, we are the more uncapable to form distinct conceptions, and consequently of perceiving the pleasure, that we may hereafter upon the removal of other impediments, find in the contemplation of them) let us bethink our selves how admirable and ravishing the glory will be.