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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. Let us all take hold of the opportunity wherein the Gospel is freely dispensed to us. I believe, the Gospel truths have been as fully and soundly Preached in this land, as in any part of the Christian world; ⟨p. 348⟩and that God hath thrust forth such Laboure•• into his Harvest, as have made it their business to feed his people with knowledge and understanding; and though he hath by manifold Judgments been pleading his Controversy with us; yet he ha•• not brought a famine of hearing his Word, but […] eyes see our Teachers: and by this he testifieth that although he is angry, he yet waits to be gracious and it is still a finding time. Let us then so improve it; Consider therefore,
2. Let us all take hold of the opportunity wherein the Gospel is freely dispensed to us. I believe, the Gospel truths have been as fully and soundly Preached in this land, as in any part of the Christian world; ⟨p. 348⟩and that God hath thrust forth such Laboure•• into his Harvest, as have made it their business to feed his people with knowledge and understanding; and though he hath by manifold Judgments been pleading his Con•roversy with us; yet he ha•• not brought a famine of hearing his Word, but 〈…〉 eyes see our Teachers: and by this he testifyeth that although he is angry, he yet waits to be gracious and it is still a finding time. Let us then so improve it; Consider therefore,
1. How great a price there is in our hands, […] shall we not improve it? We shall show our se•••• notorious fools if we do not,