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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. Faith hath an eye and respect to the power of God. This is the first reason why we believe in God; nor should we ever trust in him, if we did not acknowledge that he can do that for us, which we commit to him. God thus encouraged Abraham's saith, Gen. 17. 1. I am God Almighty; and when we believe that he and no other can, we give him the honour of his Omnipotency, and so are prepared to put a remark on this Attribute, and give him the glory of it, when he shall have performed for us, so they, Exod. 15. 6, 7.
1. Faith hath an eye and respect to the power of God. This is the first reason why we believe in God; nor should we ever trust in him, if we did not acknowledge that he can do that for us, which we commit to him. God thus encouraged Abrahams saith, Gen. 17. 1. I am God Almighty; and when we believe that he and no other can, we give him the honour of his Omnipotency, and so are prepared to put a remark on this Attribute, and give him the glory of it, when he shall have performed for us, so they, Exod. 15. 6, 7.
2. Faith applies it self to his free Grace, in sense of our own unworthiness. It teacheth us to come humbly, and to acknowledge that we deserve no help, but the contrary, and accordingly to hope in his mercy, thus Jacob. Gen. 32 10. And the Prophet, Dan. 9. 8, 9. And as this helps against despondencies from sense of our own unworthiness, so it disposeth us to celebrate the riches of mercy, appearing in these salvations, and to study how to render according thereto,