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

We must still remember, we have not yet attained, and must therefore continue pressing forward to this mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹That prize (not price,² as we commonly misread it in our Bibles) of which the Apostle here speaks is (as may be seen by looking back to v. 8, 9, &c.) the same with the blessedness in the Text. Such a knowledge of Christ, as should infer at last his participation with him in his state of glory, or of the resurrection of the dead. This is the ultimate term, the scope or end, of that high calling of God in Christ,³ so 'tis also stated elsewhere, ⟨p. 299⟩who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.

1. 1Phil. 3. 14.
2. 2[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
3. 31▪ Pet. 5 10.

Now we should therefore frequently recount how far short we are of this glory, and stir up our souls to more vigorous endeavours in order to it.

Now we should therefore frequently recount how far short we are of this glory, and stir up our souls to more vigorous indeavours in order to it.