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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.
The distress of a Conscience burdened with Sin.
DOCTRINE. I.
IT is a dismal distress to have a Conscience burdened with the lively sense of the Guilt of Sin. It is indeed, of all burdens the most heavy and oppressing, none comparable to it, Prov. 18. 14. It is enough to dry up the moisture, and consume the bones, and put the man into incessant roaring. In clearing and confirming this Doctrine, we may enquire,
1. What it is that brings a man into great distress?
2. What evidence may be given to the truth of the DOCTRINE.