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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. Hereby they expose themselves to the more miseries. Not only doth Gods wrath abide on them, but they increase their sorrows by it; this is the reason of the utter ruin of sinners under the Gospel, Matt. 23. 38. It lays them open to more intolerable punishments, and makes their damnation unavoidable, and more astonishing, Deut. 28. 59.
4. Hereby they expose themselves to the more miseries. Not only doth Gods wrath abide on them, but they encrease their sorrows by it; this is the reason of the utter ruine of sinners under the Gospel, Matt. 23. 38. It lays them open to more intolerable punishments, and makes their damnation unavoidable, and more astonishing, Deut. 28. 59.
4. The pretended reasons of mens untractableness are brutish, and argue them void of understanding. They think they are rational, but they act like mere beasts; for,
4. The pretended reasons of mens untractableness are brutish, and argue them void of understanding. They think they are rational, but they act like meer beasts; for,
1. They judge of evil and good by their senses. They know no other happiness but what consists in gratifying of their carnal appetite, which is become sensual. What pleaseth their carnal eye; ear, and