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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. It is against his Goodness. All that the man hath, flows to him from this fountain; his being, his preservation, all the comforts of this life, all the protections and deliverances he hath, all the means of Salvation, and hopes of eternal life, are the fruits of Gods free benignity to him: & his service is but the acknowledgement which he requires of him, in respect of all this, which the Sinner denieth him, and so is a despiser of his goodness, Rom. 2. 4. Deut. 32 5.
2. It is against himself: hence said to wrong his own soul, Prov. 8. 36. And how unreasonable is that?
1. It defiles the man: it poisons him, it leaves him under that filthiness which is indeed his bane: it leaves a blot upon him, which exposeth him to reproach: Sin is therefore in Scripture compared to all those filthy things that can be thought of, and all too little to set forth its odiousness.
1. It defiles the man: it poysons him, it leaves him under that filthiness which is indeed his bane: it leaves a blot upon him, which exposeth him to reproach: Sin is therefore in Scripture compared to all those filthy things that can be thought of, and all too little to set forth its odiousness.