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The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…
The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being the substance of divers sermons preached on Psalm XXXII / by Samuel Willard.
printed by B. Green and J. Allen for Michael Perry, 1650
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. Their resisting of the means of Grace. If upon the first report of Salvation they had embraced […] there had been hope, but they have been brought up under a faithful Ministry, and under careful Parents, who often told them of their sin and danger, who solemnly warned, and importunately entreated them to think of it, and seek to God for mercy, but they despised all: and can the• be any hope for them? Truly the case is lame• table, but yet not desperate. God can bring such a Prodigal home to himself, and make him […] turn to his father, and if he do, he will m••• ⟨p. 339⟩and embrace him. Luk. 15. 17, 20. was not Ephraim such an one, and yet see how it was, Jer. 31. 18, 19.
4. Their resisting of the means of Grace. If upon the first report of Salvation they had embraced 〈…〉 there had been hope, but they have been brought up under a faithful Ministry, and under careful Parents, who often told them of their sin and danger, who solemnly warned, and importunately entreated them to think of it, and seek to God for mercy, but they despised all: and can the• be any hope for them? Truly the case is lame• table, but yet not desperate. God can bring such a Prodigal home to himself, and make him 〈…〉 turn to his father, and if he do, he will m••• ⟨p. 339⟩and embrace him. Luk. 15. 17, 20. was not Ephrasm such an one, and yet see how it was, Jer. 31. 18, 19.