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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.
That only follows God (from Phi•o Judaeus) That lives according to his own reason (from Aristotle) with many more of like import; that alone, do fully, and perfectly suit that state of liberty the blessed soul shall hereafter eternally enjoy; as that Author often acknowledges.
That only follows God (from Phi•o Judaeus) That lives according to his own reason (from Aristotle) with many more of like import; that alone, do fully, and perfectly sute that state of liberty the blessed soul shall hereafter eternally enjoy; as that Author often acknowledges.
This is the glorious Liberty of the Children of God. The Liberty wherewith the Son makes free. Liberty indeed, measured, and regulated by the royal Law of Liberty, and which is perfected only in a perfect conformity thereto. There is a most servile* Liberty, a beinga free from righteousness, which, under that specious name and showb enslaves a man to corruption; and there is as free a service, by which a man is still the more free by how much the more he serves, and is subject to his superiors will, and governing influences: and by how much the less possible it is, he should swerve therefrom*.
This is the glorious Liberty of the Children of God. The Liberty wherewith the Son makes free. Liberty indeed, measured, and regulated by the royal Law of Liberty, and which is perfected only in a perfect conformity thereto. There is a most servile* Liberty, a being