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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. The Scriptures often mention the way under this consideration. Called the way of the Righteous, Psa• 1. 6. Of Righteousness, Prov. 8 20. Of life, Prov. 10 17. And many other Epithets are given i•, which put a peculiarity upon it, and inform us that it is the one way that leads to blessedness.
2. The Word of God acquaints us with another way that leads to misery, and that in contradistinction to ⟨p. 435⟩this; both are mentioned and characterized, Mat. 7. 13, 14. Called the way of the ungodly, Psal. 1. 6. A false way, Psal 119 104. A way in which is destruction and misery, Rom. 3. 16. And many like titles; and by these we are acquainted that there is a right and a wrong.
3. Hence also the Scriptures declare men happy or miserable according to the way they are in. Psal 1. begin. 119. begin. Prov. 7. ult. &c. And the reason is, because the way, if followed, will unavoidably issue in this at last. There must then be a way for a man to come at felicity by, if he would not miss of it at last; and this will appear, if we consider,