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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
Preface: THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS.Preface: THE BLESSEDNESSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
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.
Whence also, the holy God doth not expect and require, only that men should make that wiser choice; But doth most justly lay the weight of their eternal states upon their doing, or not doing so. And in that day when he shall render to every one according to their works; 1make this the Rule of his final judgment. To allot to them, who by a patient continuance in well doing, seek for honour, glory, and immortality, eternal life. To the rest, indignation and wrath, tribulation, and anguish, &c. and that whether they be Jews, or Gentiles.
Whence also, the holy God doth not expect and require, onely that men should make that wiser choice; But doth most justly lay the weight of their eternal states upon their doing, or not doing so. And in that day when he shall render to every one according to their works; 1make this the Rule of his final judgment. To allot to them, who by a patient continuance in well doing, seek for honour, glory, and immortality, eternal life. To the rest, indignation and wrath, tribulation, and anguish, &c. and that whether they be Jews, or Gentiles.
Nor is it a new thing in the world, that some among the children of men, should in this comply with the righteous will of God, and so judge, and choose for themselves, as he is pleased to direct and prescribe. 'Tis a course approved by the concurrent suffrage of all them, in all times and ages, into whose minds the true light hath shined, and whom God hath inspired with that wisdom, whereby he maketh wise to salvation.
Nor is it a new thing in the world, that some among the children of men, should in this comply with the righteous will of God, and so judge, and chuse for themselves, as he is pleased to direct and prescribe. 'Tis a course approved by the concurrent suffrage of all them, in all times and ages, into whose minds the true light hath shined, and whom God hath inspired with that wisdom, whereby he maketh wise to salvation.