be great Gofpel-Myftery ofthe Saints comfort and holineJ?: Lord loath feene no iniquity in Ifrael, and therefore he Bleffes them: the Curfe is turned into a Blefling : So there are ma- ny that deale thus by the people of God in thefe dales: They get upon fuch a high Mountain, fuch a great and high means, and they think to Curfe the people of God from thence, but it won't be. Then they get upon ano- ther Mountain, another means, thinking from thence to Curie the people ofGod, but it will not be. Then they get upon another high Mountain or hill, and think then to Curfe the people of God, and do them mirchief, but it will not do it. Why? for theLord Chrift fees no iniqui- ty, the Lord Chriti hath blefi them : and fo at laft, in the dayof wicked mens vifitation, they are forced to fay, Thefe are the people ofGod, and thefe are Blefed, and fhall be bleffed; We knowwhat is raid in the Scripture, The bleffing of the Lordmað rich : and he addeth no farrow therewithal. Is it not a good thing then, tobe bleft by Chrift ? Ifa man be bleffed by jefus Chrift, he may blefre himfelf in the Lord, and he may comfort himfelf in every Condition, and he may fay thus, Well, though I be a Poor man, yet I am bleft by Oath[: And though my Eftate be finak, and decai- ed, yet I amMelt by Chrift : And though I be reproached, and hatedby men, yet I ambleffed by jefus Chrift 5 a man may comfort himfelf in every condition. Objec7. But you willfay, Indeed f a man be affitred that Chrifi bath blefi him, hemay do thus; but I am afraid that chrifl bath not blefi me, or that he is not willing to bleleme : if Icould beafured, that this great High-Priefi, had once laidhis bawl, his bleffing- bandupon me, Ifhottld havecomfort in all conditions. Anti' s2. Give me leave' to lay Two or Three things before you concerning this. Era, When the Lord Well Abraham, he raid unto him, In thee, and thy feedfhall all Nations be Ble It's a fign unto Abraham, that he was bleft, becaufeothers were bleffed by him. So now, when a mans Parts, Gifts, Graces, and Comforts are bleffings toothers, it is an argument that that maulsbleu himfelf. Further
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