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

What addition shall then be made to the Saints blessedness, lies more remote from our apprehension; in as much as Scripture states not the degree of that blessedness which shall intervene. We know, by a too sad instructive experience, the calamities of our present state, and can therefore more easily conceive, wherein it is capable of betterment, by the deposition of a sluggish, cumbersome body, where those calamities mostly have their spring: but then we know less where to fix our foot, or whence to take our rise, in estimating the additional felicities of that future state, when both the states to be compared are so unknown to us.

What addition shall then be made to the Saints blessedness, lyes more remote from our apprehension; in as much as Scripture states not the degree of that blessedness which shall intervene. We know, by a too sad instructive experience, the calamities of our present state, and can therefore more easily conceive, wherein it is capable of betterment, by the deposition of a sluggish, cumbersome body, where those calamities mostly have their spring: but then we know less where to fix our foot, or whence to take our rise, in estimating the additional felicities of that future state, when both the states to be compared are so unknown to us.

But that there will be great additions is plain enough. The full recompense of obedience, and devotedness to Christ, of foregoing all for him, is affixed by his promise, to the resurrection of the just; The judgment day gives every one his portion according to his work•. Then must the holy, obedient Christian hear from its Redeemers mouth, Come ye-blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom, &c. Till then, the Devils think their torment to be before their time. 'Tis when he shall appear, we shall be like him▪ and see him as he is. That noted day is the day of being presented faultless with exceeding joy.

But that there will be great additions is plain enough. The full recompence of obedience, and devotedness to Christ, of foregoing all for him, is affixed by his promise, to the resurrection of the just; The judgment day gives every one his portion according to his work. Then must the holy, obedient Christian hear from its Redeemers mouth, Come ye-blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom, &c. Till then, the Devils think their torment to be before their time. 'Tis when he shall appear, we shall be like him and see him as he is. That noted day is the day of being presented faultless with exceeding joy.