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

Dost thou not plainly see, that the peculiar, appropriate aptitude of the things pressed upon thee,¹ speaks them necessary as means to their designed end; whence also they are fitly called, means of Grace? Is not the Word of God the Immortal Seed? ²are not Souls begotten by that Word to be the first fruits of his creatures? ³Is it not the Type,⁴ the Mould, or Print, by which Divine Impressions are put upon the Soul.⁵ The Instrument by which he sanctifies. Are not the exceeding great and precious promises the Ve•icula, ⁶the conveyances of the Divine Nature. And what can be the means to mollify, and melt the obdurate heart of a sinner, to assuage its enmity, to overcome it into the love of God, to transform it into his image, but the Gospel-discovery of Gods own gracious, and holy nature? and can it operate to this purpose, without being heard, or read, and understood, ⟨p. 290⟩and considered, and taken to heart? Do but compare this means God works by, with the Subject to be wrought upon, and the Effect to be wrought, and nothing can be conceived more adequate, and fitly corresponding.

Dost thou not plainly see, that the peculiar, appropriate aptitude of the things prest upon thee,¹ speaks them necessary as means to their designed end; whence also they are sitly called, means of Grace? Is not the Word of God the Immortal Seed? ²are not Souls begotten by that Word to be the first fruits of his creatures?