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

What fresh ebullitions of joy will here be, when all former desires, hopes, endeavours, are crowned with success and fruit! This joy is the joy of Harvest. They that have sown in tears, ¹do now reap in joy. They that went out weeping, bearing precious seed; now ⟨p. 156⟩with rejoicing bring their sheaves with them.

What fresh ebullitions of joy will here be, when all former desires, hopes, indeavours, are crowned with success and fruit! This joy is the joy of Harvest. They that have sown in tears, ¹do now reap in joy. They that went out weeping, bearing precious seed; now ⟨p. 156⟩with rejoycing bring their sheaves with them.

1. 1Psal 126. 6.

6. In reference to what this imprest, likeness shall for ever secure to it: an everlasting amity and friendship with God, that it shall never sin, nor he ever frown more. 1. That it shall sin no more. The perfected image of God in it, is its security for this; for 'tis holy throughout; in every point conformed to his nature and will. There remains in it nothing contrary to him. It may therefore certainly conclude it shall never be liable to the danger of doing any thing but what is good in his sight; and what solace will the blessed soul find in this! If now an Angel from Heaven should assure it, that from such an hour it should sin no more, the world would not be big enough to hold such a soul. It hath now escaped the deadliest of dangers, the worst of deaths (and which even in its present state, upon more deliberate calmer thoughts it accounts so) the sting of death, the very deadly head of death; the Hell of Hell it self. The deliverance is now complete which cannot but end in delight and praise.