The truly blessed man

4. The promises and threatenings are suited to move ⟨p. 470⟩on a Reasonable Creature. Affections in men are the instruments of the will, by which it either embraceth or refuseth a thing; and they are subordinated to his Understanding. Now mans reason directs him to choose good, and refuse evil: it is a note of a person come to the use of his reason, Isa. 7.16. Now the Promises engage that which is really good, as a reward of Obedience, yea the best good, everlasting felicity; and the Threatenings denounce evil in case of disobedience, and that the most amazing, separation from God, which is the sum of all miseries: and both these from God, who is true, and can give being to his word: how convincing is this of the rationality of Duty, since mans congenerate principle is, to seek happiness and avoid misery?

4. The promises and threatnings are suited to move ⟨p. 470⟩on a Reasonable Creature. Affections in men are the instruments of the will, by which it either embraceth or refuseth a thing; and they are subordinated to his Understanding. Now mans reason directs him to chuse good, and refuse evil: it is a note of a person come to the use of his reason, Isa. 7.16. Now the Promises engage that which is really good, as a reward of Obedience, yea the best good, everlasting felicity; and the Threatnings denounce evil in case of disobedience, and that the most amazing, separation from God, which is the summ of all miseries: and both these from God, who is true, and can give being to his word: how convincing is this of the rationality of Duty, since mans congenerate principle is, to seek happiness and avoid misery?

2. Hence it follows that all sin is unreasonable. For the reasons of contraries are contrary: but sin is contrary to obedience,