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

Again, is it righteous to deny the Lord that bought thee, to neglect that great salvation which he is the Author of? And whereas he came to bless thee in turning thee from thine iniquities, wilfully to remain still in an accursed servitude to sin? when he was made manifest to destroy the works of the Devil, still to yield thy self a captive at his will? whereas he died that thou mightest not any longer live to thy ⟨p. 221⟩self, but to him that died for thee, and rose again; and that he might redeem thee from thy vain conversation, and that thou art so expressly told that such as still lead sensual lives, mind earthly things, have not their conversation in heaven, are enemies to the Cross of Christ; Is it no unrighteousness that in these respects thy whole life, should be nothing else but a constant contradiction to the very design of his dying? a perpetual Hostility, a very Tilting at his Cross? Is there no unrighteousness in thy obstinate infidelity, that wickedly denies belief to his glorious Truths, acceptance of his gracious Offers, subjection to his holy Laws? no unrighteousness in thy obstinate, remorseless, impenitency? thy heart that cannot repent? that melts not while a crucified Jesus amidst his agonies, and dying pangs, cries to thee from the Cross, O sinner enough, thy hard heart breaks mine! yield at last, and turn to God. Is it righteous to live as no way under Law to Christ? to persist in actual rebellion against his just Government, which he died, and revived, and rose again to establish, over the living and the dead? yea, and that while thou pretendest thy self a Christian? In a word; Is it righteous to tread under foot the Son of God, to vilify his Blood, and despise his Spirit? Is this the righteousness that thou talkest of? are these thy qualifications for the everlast-blessedness?

Again, is it righteous to deny the Lord that bought thee, to neglect that great salvation which he is the Authour of? And whereas he came to bless thee in turning thee from thine iniquities, wilfully to remain still in an accursed servitude to sin? when he was made manifest to destroy the works of the Devil, still to yield thy self a captive at his will? whereas he died that thou might'st not any longer live to thy ⟨p. 221⟩self, but to him that died for thee, and rose again; and that he might redeem thee from thy vain conversation, and that thou art so expresly told that such as still lead sensual lives, mind earthly things, have not their conversation in heaven, are enemies to the Cross of Christ; Is it no unrighteousness that in these respects thy whole life, should be nothing else but a constant contradiction to the very design of his dying? a perpetual Hostility, a very Tilting at his Cross? Is there no unrighteousness in thy obstinate infidelity, that wickedly denies belief to his glorious Truths, acceptance of his gracious Offers, subjection to his holy Laws? no unrighteousness in thy obstinate, remorsless, impenitency? thy heart that cannot repent? that melts not while a crucified Jesus amid'st his agonies, and dying pangs, cryes to thee from the Cross, O sinner enough, thy hard heart breaks mine! yield at last, and turn to God. Is it righteous to live as no way under Law to Christ? to persist in actual rebellion against his just Government, which he died, and revived, and rose again to establish, over the living and the dead? yea, and that while thou pretendest thy self a Christian? In a word; Is it righteous to tread under foot the Son of God, to vilifie his Blood, and despise his Spirit? Is this the righteousness that thou talkest of? are these thy qualifications for the everlast-blessedness?