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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. 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,
1. That blessedness is an end, and so there must be a medium to it. All the desires and endeavours of the Reasonable Creature are carried forth after happiness; this they propose, and are insatiably craving of, Psal. 4. 6. Who will show us good? And whatsoever measures men take, as their conceptions are variously persuaded, this is it they would obtain. Now the light of nature teacheth us, that where an end is proposed, there must be means used for the compassing it, and if there be no such means to be found, the end is in vain desired.
1. That blessedness is an end, and so there must be a medium to it. All the desires and endeavours of the Reasonable Creature are carried forth after happiness; this they propose, and are insatiably craving of, Psal. 4. 6. Who will shew us good? And whatsoever measures men take, as their conceptions are variously perswaded, this is it they would obtain. Now the light of nature teacheth us, that where an end is proposed, there must be means used for the compassing it, and if there be no such means to be found, the end is in vain desired.