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

But their state is evidently far better. The body of death is now laid aside, and the wights of sin, that did so easily beset, are shaken off; flesh and sin are laid down together; the soul is rid of its burdensome bands, and shackles; hath quitted its filthy darksome prison (the usual place of laziness, and sloth, is come forth of it's drowsy dormitory, and the glory of God is risen upon it. 'Tis now come into the world of realities; where things appear as they are, no longer as in a dream, or vision of the night. The vital quickening beams of divine light, are darting in upon it, on every side, and turning it into their own likeness. The shadows of the evening are vanished, and fled away. It converses with no other objects but what are full themselves, and most apt to replenish it with energy and life. This cannot be but a joyful awakening; a blessed season of satisfaction and delight, indeed, to the enlightened, revived soul. But

But their state is evidently far better. The body of death is now laid aside, and the wights of sin, that did so easily beset, are shaken off; flesh and sin are laid down together; the soul is rid of its burdensome bands, and shackles; hath quitted its filthy darksome prison (the usual place of lasiness, and sloth, is come forth of it's drowsie dormitory, and the glory of God is risen upon it. 'Tis now come into the world of realities; where things appear as they are, no longer as in a drean, or vision of the night. The vital quickning beams of divine light, are darting in upon it, on every side, and turning it into their own likeness. The shadows of the evening are vanished, and fled away. It converses with no other objects but what are full themselves, and most apt to replenish it with energy and life. This cannot be but a joyful awakning; a blessed season of satisfaction and delight, indeed, to the enlightned, revived soul. But

2. It must be acknowledged the further, and more eminent season of this blessedness will be, the general resurrection day, which is more expressly signified in Scripture, by this term of [awaking] as is manifest in many plain Texts,¹ where 'tis either expressly thus used,