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

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.

2. Voluntary or rational, which is de facto, appropriate; and de jure; common to reasonable creatures as such. A dependence that is, [Greek or Hebrew] ▪ Elective, and with a foregoing reason, (which I understand by elective, not a liberty of doing or not doing it) and concomitant consideration of what we do, and animadversion of our own act, when knowingly ⟨p. 123⟩and willingly, understanding our selves in what we do, we go out of our selves and live in God. This is the dependence of which I speak. And it cannot but be attended with transcendent pleasure in that other State, when that knowledge and animadversion shall be clear and perfect. Both, as this dependence imports.