2. In the Promises of Christ, there is matter of Joy. In the general, God is your God, and that's more than to have all the World to be yours; compare Gen. 17. 7. I will establish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy Seed after thee in their Generations, for an everlasting Covenant; to be a God unto thee, and thy ⟨p. 79⟩Seed after thee. With Psal. 144. 15. Happy is that People whose God is the Lord. We have an Eternal and Allsufficient God to live upon, and from whom to derive our Joy and Comfort. A God infinite in Power, Wisdom, and Goodness, to be our Portion. And where is Matter of Joy and Comfort, if not in God? Behold the difference between Carnal Men and the Children of God; The World is their Portion, and God is ours; and who is better provided for? More especially we are told, 1 Tim. 4. 8. That Godliness hath the Promises of this Life, and that which is to come. Heaven and Earth are laid at the Feet of Godliness; what would you more• Surely we have full Consolation offered to us in the Promises of the Gospel; He can want nothing to his Comfort who• hath an Interest in them. To instance in the lowest Blessings, those which concern this Life: God is our God, that can cure all Diseases, overcome all Enemies, supply all Wants, deliver in all Dangers, and will do it so far as is for our good; and desires of any thing beyond this, are not to be satisfied, but mortified, Psal. 84. 11. But then for the more Excellent Promises of the New Covenant, ⟨p. 80⟩which concern another World, such as the pardoning of our Sins, the healing our Natures, and the glorifying of our Persons; 2 Pet. 1. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promises, that by these you might be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the World through lust. The pardon of all our Sins, which are the great trouble and burden of the Creatures. Who will rejoice like the pardoned Sinner, who is discharged of his Debt, eased of his Burden, and hath his Filth covered? Psal. 32. 1. Blessed is the Man whose Transgression is forgiven, whose Sin i• covered. O the blessedness of the Man• He is like one fetched back from Execution. Then, the taking away of the stony Heart, and the giving of an Holy and Heavenly Heart. Oh what Matter of Joy is this! to have all things necessary to Life and Godliness:
2. In the Promises of Christ, there is matter of Joy. In the general, God is your God, and that's more than to have all the World to be yours; compare Gen. 17. 7. I will establish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy Seed after thee in their Generations, for an everlasting Covenant; to be a God unto thee, and thy ⟨p. 79⟩Seed after thee. With Psal. 144. 15. Happy is that People whose God is the Lord. We have an Eternal and Allsufficient God to live upon, and from whom to derive our Joy and Comfort. A God infinite in Power, Wisdom, and Goodness, to be our Portion. And where is Matter of Joy and Comfort, if not in God? Behold the difference between Carnal Men and the Children of God; The World is their Portion, and God is ours; and who is better provided for? More especially we are told, 1 Tim. 4. 8. That Godliness hath the Promises of this Life, and that which is to come. Heaven and Earth are laid at the Feet of Godliness; what would you more• Surely we have full Consolation offered to us in the Promises of the Gospel; He can want nothing to his Comfort who• hath an Interest in them. To instance in the lowest Blessings, those which concern this Life: God is our God, that can cure all Diseases, overcome all Enemies, supply all Wants, deliver in all Dangers, and will do it so far as is for our good; and desires of any thing beyond this, are not to be satisfied, but mortified, Psal. 84. 11. But then for the more Excellent Promises of the New Covenant, ⟨p. 80⟩which concern another World, such as the pardoning of our Sins, the healing our Natures, and the glorifying of our Persons; 2 Pet. 1. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promises, that by these you might be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the World through lust. The pardon of all our Sins, which are the great trouble and burden of the Creatures. Who will rejoice like the pardoned Sinner, who is discharged of his Debt, eased of his Burthen, and hath his Filth covered? Psal. 32. 1. Blessed is the Man whose Transgression is forgiven, whose Sin i covered. O the blessedness of the Man He is like one fetched back from Execution. Then, the taking away of the stony Heart, and the giving of an Holy and Heavenly Heart. Oh what Matter of Joy is this! to have all things necessary to Life and Godliness:
