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rifaifine,
nil.
3.
6.
its not
in knowledge,
Ecclef.
1.
r
8.
nor
in contemplation
of
divine
things,
for then Balaam
had been fo, Num.
24.
3,
4.
and
Plato, whole contemplation
were
fuch.
Its
in
none
of
there,.
but
in
what
is
laid
downe
by
the
Lord Chrift,
and
held
forth
in this
enfuing
Worke.
Some
deny
Saint/hip
and happinefs
to
be
in this
life
:
but
David
confutes
the one
,
Pfal.
16.
3,
and
Chrift
the
other,
Its
true,.
perfe&
hap-
pinefs
is
not
attainable
in this
life, becaufe
there
is a
mixture
of
fin
vanitie and
mifery
with
every
condition
and
thing
we
injoy
;
The
beft
of
men
having
more Wormwood
then
Wine
:
yet there
is a
true
bleffednefs
in
this life,
which confifts
in
thofequalifica-
tions
adtions and
l'ufferings
which
have
a
cleare
certain
and
ftrong
tendency
unto
per
-
k&
happinefs,
and may
be
eall'd Seminalis
or
radicalis
beatitndo
,
fuch
are
the
Beati-
tudes here
mentioned
,
and
many elfwhere
in holy
Writ,
as
delighting, in
the Law
of
God,Tfai.
1.2.
fearing
the
Lord,
P
fal.112.
1.
being
undefiled in the
way,
Pfd
.11
9.
1
and
fuch men are bleffed
,
but not
limply
bleffed
tbr
the qualities
had,
things done or
r.s