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1em
f
siß7i.
a:&.
The
Bleffednefs
of
a
Man,
or
of
any Soul,
confifts
its
the
free
Grace
of
God
forgiving
of
his
fin.
That
is
our point
;
the
bleffednefs
of
any man
or
woman..
does
not
confift
in
the enjoyment
of
any
thing
in
all
this
world
,
but in
the
free grace
of
God
forgiving
of
his
fin
;
It
neither
confïfìs
in
any
thing
we
can
do
or
have,
but in
the
free
grace
of
God
forgiving
of
fm
;
and
that
is
the meaning
of
that
Text,
Rom.
4.6,
7.
which
St.
Paul
cites
from
this place
ór Scripture,
obferve
it,
it
is
to this very purpofe,
even
as
David
alto defcribeth
the
bleffednefs
of the
man
to whom
God
imputeth righteoufi
efs
withoiat
works,
faying,
Bleffed
are
they
whef
e
Iniquities
are
forgiven,
and
whofe
Sins
are
cover-
ed.
The
fcope
of
the
Apoftle
in
this place
is, to declare that the,
.
bleffing
of
Abraham
the
father of
the faithful confifted
not
in
any
thing
he had
or
did,
but
in
the free grace
of
God
for
givin
g
of
his fin,
Gal.
4.
15; (ayes
Paul,
Where
is
the blef-
fednefs
you
fpake
of? for,
I
bear
yoti
record,
if
pofJble,
you
would
have
plucks
out
your
own eyes,
andgiven
them
to
me
.
Where
is
then the
bleffednefs
you
fpake
of
?
What's
the
.
meaning
of
this
bleffednefs
?
certainly
this
bleffednefs in
my
Text ,
it
was this
'bleffed
doc}rine, St.
Paul
being
firft
that
brought
it to the
Galatians
;
concerning the free
Juftifica-
tion
of
a
poor
foul
by
faith
in
Jefus
Chrift
,
in
the free
par-
don
and remiffion
of
his
fin by
faith in
Chrift
;
this, is
the
bleffednefs fl:oken
or
:
Now
,
becaufe
the
Galatians
at
the
firft hearing
of
this
do&rine were
fo
mightily
taken with
it,
that
they
cryed out,
O
this
is a bleffed
dot`frine Remiffion
of
Sin
by the
free grace
of
God through faith
-in
Chrift
,
O
this
is
the blefiedeft
dottrine
that
ever we
heard
;
they were
fo
taken
with
it
,'
that
if
poflible
they
would
.
have
pluckt
out their
eyes
for
Paul,
that brought
them
fuch
a
dottrine
as
this
at
their firft hearing
and
receiving
of it.
But after-
wards,
the
Galatians
were
turned
afide
by
falfe
Teachers,
that
had taken
off the
edge
of
their
affeefions
to
this
bleffed
Truth.
Now
Paul
coming
to reprove
them ,
íayes,
Where
is
then
the
bleffednefs
you
fpake
_
of
,
there
was
a
time
when