The saints support, set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of…

That for which he desireth his God to think upon him, ¹is for good. The Hebrew word properly signifieth goodness, and is so translated in sundry places, oft in the Psalms and Prophets. Some therefore here take it for a property in God, and the cause or ground of his saith and hope, and of all blessing: as if he had thus expressed it, ⟨p. 10⟩Think on me for thy goodness sake. This is in it self a good sense, and answerable to this of David, Remember thou me for thy goodness sake ô Lord. ²But in my Text the particle of relation to God, (Thy) is not expressed, and the proposition [Greek or Hebrew] expressed, admits not that sense.³ Therefore the LXX. Greek Interpreters, the ancient Latin and sundry other translate it as our English, for good: in like manner is this very word with this preposition turned (Gen. 50. 20.) unto good. Thus it sets down the end why he would have God to think on him, namely, some good, benefit, blessing to himself. That this is here intended, is further evident by that which follows, according to all that I have done, &c.

That for which he desireth his God to thinke upon him, ¹is for good. The Hebrew word properly signifieth goodnesse, and is so translated in sundry places, oft in the Psalmes and Prophets. Some therefore here take it for a property in God, and the cause or ground of his saith and hope, and of all blessing: as if he had thus expressed it, ⟨p. 10⟩Thinke on me for thy goodnesse sake. This is in it selfe a good sence, and answerable to this of David, Remember thou me for thy goodnesse sake ô Lord. ²But in my Text the particle of relation to God, (Thy) is not exprest, and the proposition 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 expressed, admits not that sence.