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The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /
The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...
printed by Sarah Griffin for Samuel Thomson, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is to walk in the light amidst a serene placid mild light, that infuses no unquiet thoughts, amidst no guilty fears, nothing that can disturb or annoy us.
To eye God in all our comforts and observe the smiling aspect of his face, when he dispenses them to us.
To eye Him in all our afflictions, and consider the paternal wisdom that instructs us in them; how would this increase our mercies, and mitigate our troubles?
To eye Him in all his Creatures, and observe the various prints of the Creators glory instampt upon them. With how lively a lustre would it clothe the world? and make every thing look with a pleasant face! what an heaven were it to look upon God, as filling all in all, and how sweetly would it, ere-while, raise our souls into some such sweet seraphic strains holy, 1holy,—the whole earth is full of his glory.
To eye Him in all his Creatures, and observe the various prints of the Creators glory instampt upon them. With how lively a lustre would it cloath the world? and make every thing look with a pleasant face! what an heaven were it to look upon God, as filling all in all, and how sweetly would it, ere-while, raise our souls into some such sweet seraphick strains holy,