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

1. That all sins, and peculiarly more bold Transgressions, are displeasing to God. Sin is of its own •ature contrary to his spotless Holiness, for which •eason he cannot endure it, Hab. 1. 13. Jer. 44. 4. And therefore he cannot but abhor it wherefoe•er he sees it; it is the very thing for which he •aths wicked men; he hates them not as his Creatures, but the filthiness they have contracted by Sin, procureth his anger against them, Jer. 2. 17. And as for his own Children, though he hath loved their persons in Christ, and is reconciled to them in the New Covenant, yet he approves not their Sins, but taketh them ill, 2 Sam. 11. ult. And although he pitieth their infirmities, which unavoidably attend their best endeavours to Serve him, yet if at any time they fall into more grossly defiling Sins, he will be angry at them. If Hezekiah grows proud and ingrateful after a signal deliverance, there will be Wrath come out for it, 2 Chron. 32. 25. And there is something peculiarly aggravating in such Sins, 1 Kings 11. 9.

1. That all sins, and peculiarly more bold Trans•ressions, are displeasing to God. Sin is of its own •ature contrary to his spotless Holiness, for which •eason he cannot endure it, Hab. 1. 13. Jer. 44. 4. And therefore he cannot but abhor it wherefoe•er he sees it; it is the very thing for which he aths wicked men; he hates them not as his Creatures, but the filthiness they have contractd by Sin, procureth his anger against them,