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

But in as much as there hath been an enmity between God and sinners, and that therefore the whole entire means of reconciliation must be a Treaty. And that a Treaty cannot be managed, or conceived without mutual interlocuti•n; therefore must the sinner have a way of expressing its own sense to God; as well as he speaks his mind to it; which shows the necessity of Prayer too; and therefore, because the Peace begins on his part (though the War began on ours) he calls upon sinners to open themselves to him;¹ Come now, let us reason together▪ he invites and addresses; Seek the Lord, while he may be f•und, and call upon him, while he is nigh, &c. And doth not the natural relation it self between the Creator and a Creature, require this besides the exigency of our present case? Every Creature is a supplicant; Its necessary dependence, is a natural Prayer. The eyes of all things look up, &c. 'Tis the proper glory of a Deity to be depended on, and adderest to.² Should n•t a people seek unto their God? 'tis an appeal to reason, is it not a congruous thing!

But in as much as there hath been an enmity between God and sinners, and that therefore the whole entire means of reconciliation must be a Treaty. And that a Treaty cannot be managed, or conceived without mutual interlocuti•n; therefore must the sinner have a way of expressing its own sense to God; as well as he speaks his mind to it; which shews the necessity of Pr•yer too; and therefore, because the Peace begins on his part (though the War began on ours) he calls upon sinners to open themselves to him;¹ Come now, let us reason together▪ he invites and addresses; Seek the Lord, while he may be f•und, and call upon him, while he is nigh, &c. And doth not the natural relation it self betwen the Creatour and a Creature, require this besides the exigencie of our present case? Every Creature is a supplicant; Its necessary dependence, is a natural Prayer. The eyes of all things look up, &c. 'Tis the proper glory of a Deity to be depended on, and addrest to.