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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