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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.
4. Hence it is the duty of every one that hears to apply to himself. This is the only way to get good by what we hear. If men put these things from themselves, they lose the benefit of them; hence that, Acts 13. 46.
USE I. Learn hence that there is a great deal requisite to accomplish us to be profitable teachers of others. ⟨p. 430⟩The right and suitable application of truths, as it is the life and spirit of teaching, so it requires much skill and prudence. Besides that it is necessary that we be acquainted with the principles of Religion, from whence we are to fetch all; without which we are more fit to be taught, than to be teachers; there is a great deal more requisite to accommodate us for this, viz.
1. We we must be acquainted with all the Cases of Conscience that refer to these principles. If Religion be practical, it hath to do with mens Consciences; and hence there are those practical enquiries, which refer to every common place in Divinity, which must be distinctly resolved, for the illumination and direction of Conscience therein; and if we are not skilled in them, how shall we teach others?