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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.
CHAP. XXX.
The addition of two Rules that more specially respect the yet future season of this blessedness; after this life, viz. Rule 7. That we patiently wait for it until death. Rule 8. That we love not too much this present life.
There are yet two more Rules to be superadded, that respect the season of this blessedness: [when we awake] i. e. not till we go out of time, into eternity; not till we pass out of the drowsy darkness of our present state, till the night be over with us, and the vigorous light of the everlasting day do shine upon us. Hence therefore it will be further necessary.
THere are yet two more Rules to be superadded, that respect the season of this blessedness: [when we awake] i. e. not till we go out of time, into eternity; not till we pass out of the drowsie darkness of our present state, till the night be over with us, and the vigorous light of the everlasting day do shine upon us. Hence therefore it will be further necessary.
7. That while the appointed proper season of this blessedness is not yet come (i. e. till God shall vouchsafe to translate us from our present earthly state) we compose our Spirits to a patient expectation of it.1