The truly blessed man

A. The word Jehovah, used in our Text, points to the Divine Essence, considered in all the Subsistences, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and it is through Christ that God comes to be the Object of fallen mans rejoicing, out of whom he is most terrible: & there are these three things comprehended in it.

A. The word Jehovah, used in our Text, points to the Divine Essence, considered in all the Subsistences, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and it is through Christ that God comes to be the Object of fallen mans rejoycing, out of whom he is most terrible: & there are these three things comprehended in it.

1 That God in Christ is the ultimate Object of the Godly mans rejoicing. In which the joy of the Righteous is opposed to that of the wicked. There are many things here which Godly men do and may rejoice in, as well as others; but here is the main difference, the one rejoiceth in the things themselves, and his joy terminates there, and looks no higher, because his happiness is placed in these things: but the other, though he finds benefit by the things, yet be sees them all coming from God, and therefore he rejoiceth in him, and hither ⟨p. 618⟩he brings his gladness: his triumph is in him, Psal. 62 5, 6.

1 That God in Christ is the ultimate Object of the Godly mans rejoycing. In which the joy of the Righteous is opposed to that of the wicked. There are many things here which Godly men do and may rejoyce in, as well as others; but here is the main difference, the one rejoyceth in the things themselves, and his joy terminates there, and looks no higher, because his happiness is placed in these things: but the other, though he finds benefit by the things, yet be sees them all coming from God, and therefore he rejoyceth in him, and hither ⟨p. 618⟩