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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. There are those that are mistaken; th• find ease upon their spirits, and they have […] hope that their sins are discharged, they wo• ⟨p. 61⟩persuade themselves that they have received •emission of them, when there is no such thing: and there are a great many cheats that Satan and their false hearts do put on them in •his regard, and persuade them to cry peace to themselves when there is no peace. You have •eed then to be very heedful in this respect.
1. There are those that are mistaken; th• find ease upon their spirits, and they have 〈…〉 hope that their sins are discharged, they wo• ⟨p. 61⟩perswade themselves that they have received •emission of them, when there is no such •hing: and there are a great many cheats that Satan and their false hearts do put on them in •his regard, and perswade them to cry peace to •hemselves when there is no peace. You have •eed then to be very heedful in this respect.
2. A mistake on this account is very perilous. •f whiles we please our selves with a dream of pardon, and peace, and quiet our selves in it, whiles we are indeed in the gall of bitterness, and ond of iniquity, we loose our opportunity of seeking it, are held fast under our Guilt, and live in hazard every day of dropping into the pit from whence there is no delivery. Let us then take diligent heed on this account, lest we rue it when oo late; and for Rules of Trial.