The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

1. See here where the blame lies that men live with•• this peace and comfort. As God did not break with men, but they with him, Isa. 59. 2. So not he, but they are in the fault that the breach is not made up. He declares his readiness to be reconciled, by all the means he useth with them; he tells them of their sins, of the unreasonableness of them, invites them to repent, waits for it, promiseth that •f they do, he will pardon them, give them his •••rit, bestow on them his love, and compass them •ith songs of deliverance. The culpable cause then must be, they are wilful, obstinate, stupid, refracto••, receive not instruction, will not be reformed. •od therefore so expostulates, Jer. 13. 27. Isa. 48 18. ••d is there any unrighteousness in God that he […] not be at peace with such? is it not just that •hey do smart for their obstinacy? And if they live ••d die under Gods wrath, must they not for ever ⟨p. 464⟩charge it on their own perverseness? Let sinners now think of this; and if Godly men lie long under darkness and sorrow, let them enquire whether this be not the reason of it, and see their own folly.

1. See here where the blame lies that men live with•• this peace and comfort. As God did not break with men, but they with him, Isa. 59. 2. So not he, but they are in the fault that the breach is not made up. He declares his readiness to be reconci•ed, by all the means he useth with them; he tells them of their sins, of the unreasonableness of them, invites them to repent, waits for it, promiseth that f they do, he will pardon them, give them his rit, bestow on them his love, and compass them ith songs of deliverance. The culpable cause then must be, they are wilful, obstinate, stupid, refracto, receive not instruction, will not be reformed. od therefore so expostulates,