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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.
And here, pretermitting the impress of knowledge, of which we have spoken under the former head of vision, we shall instance.
And here, pretermitting the impresse of knowledge, of which we have spoken under the former head of vision, we shall instance.
1. In a dependent frame of Spirit; which is the proper impress of the divine all-sufficiency, and self-fullness duly apprehended by the blessed soul. It is not easy to conceive a higher pleasure, than this, competible to a creature, The pleasure of dependence. Yea this is a higher than we can conceive. Dependence (which speaks the creatures [Greek or Hebrew] or habitude to its principle as the subserviency which imparts its habitude to its end, is twofold.
1. In a dependent frame of Spirit; which is the proper impress of the divine all-sufficiency, and self-fulness duly apprehended by the blessed soul. It is not easie to conceive a higher pleasure, than this, competible to a creature, The pleasure of dependence. Yea this is a higher than we can conceive. Dependence (which speaks the creatures 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or habitude to its principle as the subserviency which imparts its habitude to its end, is twofold.
1. Natural, which is common and essential to all creatures; Even when no such thing is thought on, or considered by them. The Creatures live, move, and have their beings in God whether they think of it or no.