8 A PERSUASIVE to 



right hand there are fleafitres for evermore- 

 And by our Blefled Saviour the happinefs 

 of Heaven is called the joy of the Lord-* 

 Matth. xy. TL i and 13- 



Happinefs is ufually diflinguiflied into 

 Objeflive and Formal. 



Objective Happinefs is that Object or 

 thing which renders us happy. 



Formal Happinefs is the union with, or 

 enjoyment of that Object. 



The fupreme Objective Happinefs of 

 Man, his chief good, or laft end, is the 

 ever blelfed Deity. 



His Formal Happinefs is the Enjoyment 

 of this Objeff) which confifls in the know- 

 ledge and love of God, and that joyande- 

 ledtation which naturally and neceflarily flows 

 therefrom ; John 17^3. And this is Life e- 

 ternal, that they may know thee the only true 

 God, andJefmChrifti whom thou haft fent. 



You will fay, If the happinefs of Man 

 confifls in the love of God , how can holi- 

 nefs of life be faid to render a Man happy? 



I anfwer, Becaufe holinefs or obedience 

 to the Commandments of God, is in effeft 

 the fame thing with the love of God. By 

 the Apoflle John it is made to be the very 

 fame, i John 5. 3. For this is the love of God, 

 that we keef his Commandments. And Galat. 



