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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
The Truly Blessed Man: Or, the WAY to be Happy here, and for ever. › Part › The Text Opened.
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 blessedness of some is asserted; Blessed. Interpreters are at a loss about the word. Some make it an Adverb, signifying, well: q. d. it shall •e well with such an one. Others an Adjective of •he plural, signifying, That all manner of felicities belong to such an one, both in this life, and that to •ome. The word certainly denotes an happy •ate, and tells us, that there is in it the affluence •f all the good that is desirable; and the Psalmist gives us to understand that there are such men as •hese in the world.
1. The blessedness of some is asserted; Blessed. Interpreters are at a loss about the word. Some make it an Adverb, signifying, well: q. d. it shall •e well with such an one. Others an Adjective of •he plural, signifying, That all manner of felicities •elong to such an one, both in this life, and that to •ome. The word certainly denotes an happy •ate, and tells us, that there is in it the affluence •f all the good that is desirable; and the Psalmist gives us to understand that there are such men as •hese in the world.
2. This blessed man is characterized; he is a pardoned man: where,
2. This blessed man is characterized; he is a •ardoned man: where,