The truly blessed man

1. The subjects of them are such as were miserable in their natural state, and so stood in need of mercy to relieve them. They were every whit as miserable in themselves as those that go without them: and this God would have his people to bear in mind, and often reflect on, to put the greater value upon his kindness Paul would have them to reflect hither, Eph. 2.2 3. ver. 12. And he puts himself together with others in declaring how it was with them before, Tit. 3, 3, 4.

1. The subjects of them are such as were miserable in their natural state, and so stood in need of mercy to relieve them. They were every whit as miserable in themselves as those that goe without them: and this God would have his people to bear in mind, and often reflect on, to put the greater value upon his kindness Paul would have them to reflect hither, Eph. 2.2 3. ver. 12. And he puts himself together with others in declaring how it was with them before, Tit. 3, 3, 4.

2. It is by these rewards that they are made actually to partake in freedom from that misery, and enjoy true felicity. This is the very nature of them; for all the good that is laid up in the promises is herein contained, and that consists in a freeing them from those evils which the Curse of God laid upon them, and an enjoyment of that peace, grace, and happiness which is purchased by Christ: the ⟨p. 561⟩whole of it is summed up in Salvation, in which there is something that we are saved from, and something that we are made to possess; & hence Salvation is so often mentioned in the Gospel as the portion of the faithful; & is the greatest mercy the undone creatures can partake of.