See what those that get by it that live in the fear of God, and always
make conscience of their duty to him. 1. Safety: They shall not be
visited with evil; they may be visited with sickness or other
afflictions, but there shall be no evil in them, nothing to hurt them,
because nothing to separate them from the love of God, or hurt to the
soul. 2. Satisfaction: They shall abide satisfied; they shall have
those comforts which are satisfying, and shall have a constant
contentment and complacency in them. It is a satisfaction which will
abide, whereas all the satisfactions of sense are transient and soon
gone. Satur pernoctabit, non cubabit incoenatus--He shall not go
supperless to bed; he shall have that which will make him easy and be
an entertainment to him in his silent and solitary hours, Ps. xvi. 6,
7. 3. True and complete happiness. Serious godliness has a direct
tendency to life; to all good, to eternal life; it is the sure and
ready way to it; there is something in the nature of it fitting men for
heaven and so leading them to it.