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

An universal benignity, and propension to d• good to all; in imitation of the immense, diffusive goodness of God; is but kindness to our selves: Rewards it self by that greater pleasure is in giving, then in receiving; and associates us with God in the blessedness of this work, as well as in the disposition to it; who exercises loving kindness in the Earth, because delighteth therein.

An universal benignity, and propension to d• good to all; in imitation of the immense, diffusive goodnesse of God; is but kindnesse to our selves: Rewards it self by that greater pleasure is in giving, then in receiving; and associates us with God in the blessedness of this work, as well as in the disposition to it; who exercises loving kindnesse in the Earth, because delighteth therein.

Here are some of (the [Greek or Hebrew], or) the things wherein consists that our conformity to the divine Nature and Will which is proper to our present state. And now, who can estimate the blessedness of such a soul? Can (in a word) the state of that soul be unhappy? that is full of the Holy Ghost, full of Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance, those blessed fruits of that blessed Spirit. Blessedness is connaturalized unto this soul: Every thing doth its part, and all conspire to make it happy. This soul is a Temple an habitation of holiness: here dwells a Deity in his glory. 'Tis a Paradise, a Garden of God. Here he walks and converses daily, delighted with its fragrant fruitfulness. He that hath those things and aboundeth is not barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus: he is the Sun, and the knowledge of him, the quickening beams that cherish and ripen these fruits.

Here are some of (the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or) the things wherein consists that our conformity to the divine Nature and Will which is proper to our present state. And now, who can estimate the blessedness of such a soul? Can (in a word) the state of that soul be unhappy? that is full of the Holy Gost, full of Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance, those blessed fruits of that blessed Spirit. Blessedness is connaturalized unto this soul: Every thing doth its part, and all conspire to make it happy. This soul is a Temple an habitation of holiness: here dwells a Deity in his glory. 'Tis a Paradise, a Garden of God. Here he walks and converses daily, delighted with its fragrant fruitfulness. He that hath those things and aboundeth is not barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus: he is the Sun, and the knowledge of him, the quickening beams that cherish and ripen these fruits.