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

1. Resolve with your selves to make the divine revelation of this blessedness the prime measure, •nd ⟨p. 246⟩reason of all your apprehensions concerning it; Fix that purpose in your own hearts, so to order all your conceptions about it, that when you demand of your selves, What do I conceive of the future blessedness? and why do I conceive so? the divine revelation may answer both the questions. I apprehend what God hath revealed, and because he hath so revealed. The Lord of heaven sure best understands it; and can best help us to the understanding of it. If it be said of the origen of this world [Greek or Hebrew],¹ it may much more be said of the st••e of the other, we understand it by faith. That must inform, and perfect our intellectuals in this matter.

1. Resolve with your selves to make the divine revelation of this blessedness the prime measure, •nd ⟨p. 246⟩reason of all your apprehensions concerning it; Fix that purpose in your own hearts, so to order all your conceptions about it, that when you demand of your selves, What do I conceive of the future blessedness? and why do I conceive so? the divine revelation may answer both the questions. I apprehend what God hath revealed, and because he hath so revealed. The Lord of heaven sure best understands it; and can best help us to the understanding of it. If it be said of the origen of this world 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,¹ it may much more be said of the st••e of the other, we understand it by faith. That must inform, and perfect our intellectuals in this matter.

1. 1Heb. 11. 3