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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.
2. This is your proper season to seek to God in; and whether you shall ever have another you know not. Yo• have all advantages now, but how long you shal• have them, God only can tell. You are now alive, but you know not how soon you shall go to the Grave. Do you not see that young ones die a• well as the old? Go to the Sepulchres, measure th• monuments, ask who lies here, and you shall fin• ⟨p. 345⟩multitude who lived not to so many years as you •ave: and now reflect and ask, Have I found God? •• my peace made? If I should now die, have I made sure •• a Jesus to receive my Soul? Now Gods word is •reached to you, now Godly Parents and Friends •all upon and counsel you: God knows how long •t will be so. You are not now encumbered with •he troublesome cares of this world: you are now •n your strength, and do not know what the Evil days mean, of which you must say, you have no pleasure in them. Oh! that you knew your time, if you let it slip, you will not find it again.
2. This is your proper season to seek to God in; and whether you shall ever have another you know not. Yo• have all advantages now, but how long you shal• have them, God only can tell. You are now alive, but you know not how soon you shall go to the Grave. Do you not see that young ones dy a• well as the old? Go to the Sepulchers, measure th• monuments, ask who lies here, and you shall fin•