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

2. If we get not an interest in him, we must perish or ever. Mans misery took its date from his loosing of God, and his happiness begins upon his finding ⟨p. 320⟩of him; nor will he ever be perfectly blessed, till he cometh to that complete and uninterrupted Communion with him, which is reserved for glory. Every distance from God is so far a misery, and they that regard it not now, will find it to their cost, when they shall hear that fearful word, Depart, pronounced upon them: and there is no other way to remedy our misery, but by the getting of this distance removed; & God reconciled to us through Christ: he must, of our enemy be our God, or we are undone.

2. If we get not an interest in him, we must perish or ever. Mans misery took its date from his loos•ng of God, and his happiness begins upon his finding ⟨p. 320⟩of him; nor will he ever be perfectly blessed, till he cometh to that compleat and uninterrupted Communion with him, which is reserved for glory. Every distance from God is so far a misery, and they that regard it not now, will find it to their cost, when they shall hear that fearful word, Depart, pronounced upon them: and there is no other way to remedy our misery, but by the getting of this distance removed; & God reconciled to us through Christ: he must, of our enemy be our God, or we are undone.

3. We must seek after this, if ever we obtain it. On how many Solemn considerations is this Command urged in the Scriptures? and, though it be a Solemn truth, that if Christ do not seek us first by his preventing Grace, we shall never seek him; yet the way in which he cometh to be found by us, is in his putting us upon seeking him He gives us such an heart, and then he comes and revealeth himself to us. All men are either seekers or forsakers of him, and we are told how it is with both,