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

I now proceed to make it appear, that if ever we find God, it must be during the time of our life in this world; and from the premises there are these evidences for it.

1. That God hath in his Word, limited the day of Grace to this life. The Word of God is that by which we are to acquaint our selves with his will; and there we are assured that the day of Grace is limited. When our Text saith, they shall pray in a ⟨p. 314⟩finding time, it infers that there will be a time when there is no finding of him; and of the same import is that in Isa. 55. 6. Seek the Lord while he may be found. Hence he may be sought too late, when there is no finding him, Prov. 1 23. Nay the Scripture hath expressly limited the time to this life, Psal. 6. 5. Isa. 38. 18. And elsewhere; which intimate, that the time of Glorifying God by making our peace with him, will then be over; or that the work of providing for eternity will then be at an end; and this is the force of the wise mans argument, when he urgeth the husbanding the present season of life, Eccles. 9. 10. There is no work, nor wisdom, nor device, nor knowledge in the grave whither thou goest.

1. That God hath in his Word, limited the day of Grace to this life. The Word of God is that by which we are to acquaint our selves with his will; and there we are assured that the day of Grace is limited. When our Text saith, they shall pray in a ⟨p. 314⟩finding time, it infers that there will be a time when there is no finding of him; and of the same import is that in