The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

It should be read imitators, ¹so the word signifies, and so, where as following is either of a pattern, or an end, the former must be meant hear by the natural importance of that word and hence, by [that which is good] is not to be understood created goodness; for 'tis not enough to imitate that goodness, for so we must be good, but the words are capable of being read, him that is good, or (which is all one) the good. ^*And so 'tis the increate good, the blessed God himself, formally, considered under the notion of good. Nothing can harm you; if you be like God, that's the plain sense ⟨p. 110⟩of this Scripture. Likeness to God is armour of proof, i. e. an imitation of him, viz. in his moral goodness, which holiness (as a general name of it) comprehends. A person truly like God is secure from any external violence, so far as that it shall never be able to invade his Spirit. He is in Spirit far raised above the tempestuous, stormy region, and converses where winds and clouds have no place.

It should be read imitators, ¹so the word signifies, and so, where as following is either of a pattern, or an end, the former must be meant hear by the natural importance of that word and hence, by [that which is good] is not to be understood created goodness; for 'tis not enough to imitate that goodness, for so we must be good, but the words are capable of being read, him that is good, or (which is all one) the good. ^*And so 'tis the increate good, the blessed God himself, formally, considered under the notion of good. Nothing can harm you; if you be like God, thats the plain sense ⟨p. 110⟩of this Scripture. Likeness to God is armour of proof, i. e. an imitation of him, viz. in his moral goodness, which holiness (as a general name of it) comprehends. A person truly like God is secure from any external violence, so far as that it shall never be able to invade his Spirit. He is in Spirit far raised above the tempestuous, stormie region, and converses where winds and clouds have no place.