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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.
3. The present fruits of these shall be profitable for them. All the good fruits of afflictions are not reserved for Glory, but there are those which we reap here, and they are very precious, Rom. 828. Jer. 24. 5. And if it be asked what they are, we are told, Isa. 27. 9. Heb. 12. 10. God by them embitters sin, quickens to duty, makes us more watchful, excites our diligence in our great business; yea and brings us to Repentance, and renewed experiences of his favour and love to us: the flood wafts us to our rest. With the wicked it is otherwise; their afflictions hurt them, 2 Chron 28. 22. Isa. 8. 21. Under them they add to provoke God, till at length his fury kindleth against them in a fire unquenchable.
3. The present fruits of these shall be profitable for them. All the good fruits of afflictions are not reserved for Glory, but there are those which we reap here, and they are very precious, Rom. 828. Jer. 24. 5. And if it be askt what they are, we are told, Isa. 27. 9. Heb. 12. 10. God by them embitters sin, quickens to duty, makes us more watchful, excites our diligence in our great business; yea and brings us to Repentance, and renewed experiences of his favour and love to us: the flood wafts us to our rest. With the wicked it is otherwise; their afflictions hurt them, 2 Chron 28. 22. Isa. 8. 21. Under them they add to provoke God, till at length his fury kindleth against them in a fire unquenchable.