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

And when this Temple is filled with the glory of the Lord, the soul it self replenished with the divine fullness, will not its joy be full too? For here is no sacrifice to be offered, but that of praise, and joy is the proper seasoning for that sacrifice.

And when this Temple is filled with the glory of the Lord, the soul it self replenished with the divine fulness, will not its joy be full too? For here is no sacrifice to be offered, but that of praise, and joy is the proper seasoning for that sacrifice.

Now the new creature hath arrived to the ⟨p. 119⟩measure of the stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus. The first formation of this Spiritual (as well as of the natural) man was hidden and secret, it was curiously wrought, and in a way no more liable to observation, than that of framing the Child in the Womb; as that is as hidden as the concoction of Minerals, or precious stones in the lower parts of the earth; (no secrets of Nature can outvie the the Mysteries of godliness) Its growth is also by very insensible degrees; as it is with the products of nature; but its arrival to perfection is infinitely more strange, than any thing in nature ever was, how sudden and wonderful is the change; when in the twinkling of an eye, the blessed soul instantly awakes out of drowsy languishings, and miserable weakness, into perfect strength, and vigour!

Now the new creature hath arrived to the ⟨p. 119⟩measure of the stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus. The first formation of this Spiritual (as well as of the natural) man was hidden and secret, it was curiously wrought, and in a way no more liable to observation, than that of framing the Child in the Womb; as that is as hidden as the concoction of Minerals, or precious stones in the lower parts of the earth; (no secrets of Nature can outvie the the Mysteries of godliness) Its growth is also by very insensible degrees; as it is with the products of nature; but its arrival to perfection is infinitely more strange, than any thing in nature ever was, how sudden and wonderful is the change; when in the twinkling of an eye, the blessed soul instantly awakes out of drowsie languishings, and miserable weakness, into perfect strength, and vigour!