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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. If therefore it doth not this for him, it is no hiding place to him. For this end it is called a refuge of lies and hiding place of deceit, Isa. 28. 17. a refuge, because they fly to it: of lies, because cheated by it. Hence they made that complaint, Lam. 4. 17. God therefore is an hiding place to his people.
3. If therefore it doth not this for him, it is no hiding place to him. For this end it is called a refuge of lies and hiding place of deceit, Isa. 28. 17. a refuge, because they flie to it: of lies, because cheated by it. Hence they made that complaint, Lam. 4. 17. God therefore is an hiding place to his people.
1. Sometimes by outwardly preserving them from those evils: There are many encouragements for this as hath already been observed, Psa. 91. Isa. 26. 20. Psal. 27. 5. Jer. 26. 26. And a Child of God, walking in his integrity, and standing clear of the evil of the times, may have no small hope of this.
2. By maintaining their faith in ••fe and vigour under these trials. Though tossed with tempest, their faith doth not fail: though winds roar, and floods assault them, their house stands on its rock,