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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.
1. In respect of Public Calamities, and their relation to them: Observe two things,
1. In respect of Publick Calamities, and their relation to them: Observe two things,
1. Though God may hear them for themselves, ••• forgive them, yet he may not forgive the Land they live in, and so their being forgiven will have no a fluence to keep off Public Judgments. A peop•• may be guilty, and God will not withhold •• hand; their personal repentance doth not remo•• the general impenitency, and they cannot stand •• the gap, to keep off the Wrath of God, or sl•• the breaking in of floods of misery; and if t•• body of a people have corrupted their ways, an• will not be reformed, it is righteous with God bring these waters upon them, and sometimes comes to that, Jer. 15. 1. Ezek. 14. 14.
1. Though God may hear them for themselves, ••• forgive them, yet he may not forgive the Land they live in, and so their being forgiven will have no a fluence to keep off Publick Judgments. A peop•• may be guilty, and God will not withold •• hand; their personal repentance doth not remo•• the general impenitency, and they cannot stand the gap, to keep off the Wrath of God, or sl the breaking in of floods of misery; and if t body of a people have corrupted their ways, an will not be reformed, it is righteous with God bring these waters upon them, and sometimes comes to that,