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GoIpel
Tvniß:on.
-laid
to
be
a
bleffed
creature
,
but
only the rational
;
becaufe
no
creature
elfe can
refte&
upon its
own condition to know
it
fell.
But then not
only
to know
our
felves
,
but
our
own
happinefs ,.Where
our
bleffednefs
lyes
;
this muff needs
be
a
profitable
inftru&ion. No Philufopher
did ever
give
fuch
a
defcription
of
happinefs
as
this is,
Bleffed
is
the
man
whofe,
&c.
yea,
David,
who
had
a
Monopoly
of
the
com-
forts of
this
world to the
full
,
and
had
the
Crown
upon his
head,
fayes
not ,
Bleffed
is
he
that
is
Crowned
and has
a
Kingdom.
David
that
had the
riches
of
this
world,
did
not
fay,
Bleffed
is
he
that bath
this
worlds goods.
David
that
had
honours,
and was
reputed
among the
mighty
men
,
did
not fay,
Bleffed
is
he
that
hash
worldly
honours.
David
that
had many
Victories over
Enemies,
(ayes
not
,
Bleffed
is
he
that
rides
in
Triumph
over
his Enemies.
David
that
had
fumptuous Palaces, and the delights
of
this
world
,
does
not
fay ,
Bleffed
is
he
that
has
them.
But
in
the midff
of
all
Outward
good
things,
David
enjoyed
in
this
world,
he finds
his bleffednefs
to confift
in
this
,
The
pardon
and forgivenefs
of
his
fins
;
he pronounces
them and them only bleffed, whofe
fin
is
pardoned.
This
Inftrution
of
the
bleffednefs
of
Pardon
of
Sin
,
as
it
lyes
here
annexed
,
is
of
weight
indeed
,
and
of
infinite
concernment
:
Luther
layes , The
.A
gument
of free
Yuftif
-
cation
and
Rem
on
of Sin,
is
that that
makes a
Divine
:
and
this may
be
'added
to
that,
'tis
this
that
makes
a
Chriftian
;
To
be
infi'ruCfed
rightly in
the
Tultification
of
a Sinner,
is
that
that
makes
a
Chrifl'ian.
Nay,
although
we
had ten thoufand
Inftruaors
in
other things,
not
only
in
Natural
knowledge,
but
in
Divinity
too ,
in
all
the points
of
it
;
yet
we could
never
be
wife unto
Salvation, except we were
inftruc`ted
with
this inftru6tion ,
in
the
bleffednefs
of
Juftificaiion
and
par-
don
of
fin.
Luther
fayes,
Let
this
Dofftrine
lye
dead,and
all the
whole
knowledge
of
other
Truths
is
to
little
purpofe.
Therefore
well m
y the
title
of
the Pililm
be
a
2
f4
w
of
Inl
rufion:
Bleffed is the
man
whofe
Tranfgrefons
arc
f
r
inn,
and
whofe
Iniquities
are
covered.
Wherefore
our
Point
of
Dot`trine
ac-
'cording to the
words
is
this.
B
z
Doe.