to the E 1? H E S I A N S. 37 ~sGod and hath all to beflow. T!;ott !Jrt God,fays 'David,and do thou~ ;,~ejs 111 ,. 1 Chro11. 17. 26. He urgetl1 that, for he knew what it was for God to Strm. lli. blefs . and that he bleffeth as the great God and like h1mfelf, both with all that ~ God i 1 imfelf is, and all that God can effd! and do for us, or as he harh created and made all things, he hath.all thmgs to beflow i therefore to make up tlus total, 1h, 1 ve put in both the commmucattort of htmjelf, audalt good thmgs wttb htmfe!fj.o this purpofe I obferve, that in the mention of the Evangelical bleilings, ( .4brahams blejfil~g,Xas I may call it; ) both Go~s own all-fufficiency in himlelf, and Gods power m h1s works and ro effect a!l rhwgs,are fl1ll ment1011ed ; fametimes the one, fomctimes the other, becaufe 10 ble{Jing us he is confidered as buth1 he both gives himfolf and all thi11gs elfe to us, and fo we are b/efl i11deed. Thus ro Abrah,;mwhom Qod in 61e.fli•~g 6/efl, I amEI-Jbaddai, fays he, God that am and have oil fitjficieucy, Gen. 17. 1. When 'Jfaac would blefs .7aco6 (with this bleiling of Abrabam,) he thus fpeaks, God al!-fitjfic:ent blejs thte, GeJJ 28. 3 . (the famG ~ord in bqth, ) And though in the Tranfiarion it is reflrained to Almighti~tefs, yet 1t alfo •mports Gods Atl-Jttjfie~tncy and abundance; and lo this bleffing intends a communication out of that riches and fulnefs of bleffednefs which God himfelf enjoyes. 1his for the firft. Secondly, in other places his Titles that import power and foveraignty ill mak· ing aud polleJ1ing allin Heavm mid EJrth, a~e prefixed to his bleiling. Thus wllen Melchifedec pronounces A6raham bleffed, Gen. 14. 1 9· he calls him the bleffed of God under this Title; the mofl high God , poflejJo,· of Heavm mtd Earth, who had therefore all things in Heaven and Earth, to .blefs him.withal : and the Jews ufed the fame, Pjal. 115. 1 I'• you are the bttfledof the Lord, who made Heavm tmd Earth, and fo is able to do all things for you, by the fame power whereby he made the World. The hke P}t~l. 134- thefe have beeh infer• red our,of Abrahams bleiling. ,, ·' Now thot not only God doth blefs with all other good things, but above all by communicating bimfclf,and his own bleffedncfs unto them , the Scriptures are elfewhere exprefs, when this b!clling is fpoken of, they ihall not onlyuot wa 11 t anygood,asthePfa!mJj/, Pfat. 3410. no good thing wiUhewithfiold; asP;; s 4 • but give both grace and glory ; but lumlelf Will be a Sun unto them . as rhere,verle 11, The Lord God i. a &malldj!Jl:etd. The Sun doth not ani/en– rich the Earth With all good rhwgs w!uch by Its wfluence 1t producerh,(called the pretious Fruitsl;rougbtfm:th by the Stm, 'Deut. 3.3: 14.) bur glads and tefreihes all, with ihedd10g 1mmed1ately m own wmgs ot light and warmth, which is fo pleafant to behold and enjor; and thus cloth God , and Chrift the Sun of Righteoufnefs, and accordmgly 1t follows there, B!efl Js the mmt that trujls ifl h 1 m. . for in being our Sun himfelf becomes our bleffednefs. Thus his promife ofblef: ~~tneder"e fing Abraham, God himfelf interprets, Gw, 15· ' • 1 am thy exceedil~ggreat d.p,;;;,~, tmd a6rendartt reward,I that an: ENbaddai, t!~at have infinite pa_ps of fweetnefs ~:{::!"~'~ for you to fuck; Breajls ofconjolattofl, as the Prophet expreffeth 1t • who am the M•mma 1 ,,fi God of all comJorrs, as 2Cor. 1. 3· Lo, I hold them all forth· nak~d to thee for ""'"'';,", thee to draw an~ fetch comfort tram. Thou !halt have all my bleffednefs to make ~:;:';!;~~~[10 thee bleffed, whtch the Apo!lle fit!y renders, 6emgfilled, Eph. 3· with all tbe fuck.Riwr.Gm. j11llmfsof God; and indeed all things elfe without God or befides God could r.;m.s,.ab ;,;. never make us bleffed.P[al.144· The Pjalmifl after an emimeration of all forts or::;;;~~:~~~~ bleffings,having pronounced them happy that are injuch t1 ca(e or_flate,by way of mio:rion of. corredton adds,as not havmg uttered wherem the top ofbleffednels lies; he adds, ~fir;:,;;~rr~\' ) 'tabteUtdzs tb< People whofe God JS tht Lord. P{al. 144· 1). And hence the from on, I'eopie ofGod, as fenfible wherein their intercfl o(happinefs lies as they are ter- rhe Womb, med, Tbe61eJfedofthe Lord, f~ they arcfaidtoil!ejs themjeh;es in the Lord ; ;~~~~ :::1~i wht~h JS to reJo:>:ce.and inake rhe1r boaft 10 h1m alone , and how happy they are alf,ffidenr m lum ( ns Chnfl m the 16 P(,JI. cloth,) The Lord is my portion mtdmy Lines from breflsor artjalleninagoodgrotmd, fhaveagoodlyhmt ,zge .And that promife of blef- ~~~;,~, ~~·~~ fing to Abraham (towluch 1ft,IJ have recourfe) runs thus indifferently, either "onceoo1ing that in thy feed, that is,Chrifl, (Gtd. ~· 16.) they /b JU6e blejfuf; {o Ge11. 12 • ~;;,~~~·,;~~l· and Chap. 28. I4.orasGm.1.2. 18. They /b!lll 6/efs them(elves er bene- himadin<fsro ddlos fe reputt11t,account themfelves bleffed iN him, fo Jtmitis upon 'rh~t place co111monicarc 1 ' to us. name y
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