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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.
6. It quencheth the fire of Hell. The Unpardoned Sinner is going to Everlasting Burnings• the Curse is dragging him to the place where th• Worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched; the• endless plagues are prepared on purpose for him• and without a pardon, there is no escaping […] them; the doom is past upon him, and there […] no other way for the aversion of it, but this, an• this is a misery which exceeds our present comprehension; and the expectation of it is treme• dous, i• is a fearful looking for Judgment, and fi• indignation, Heb. 10. 27. But where a pardon […] bestowed, this Execution is stopped, and the Se• tense which adjudged him to it is reversed, a• he can now meditate of these terrible thi• with a sedate mind; and improve this medit• on to the raising of his soul to the more admiration at the wonderful kindness of God, in give him a delivery from these torments; and is […] this happiness indeed? is not he beyond quest• a blessed man, who is thus freed from all th• miseries? this is the lot of every one that is • donned.
6. It quencheth the fire of Hell. The Unpardoned Sinner is going to Everlasting Burnings• the Curse is dragging him to the place where th• Worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched; the• endless plagues are prepared on purpose for him• and without a pardon, there is no escaping 〈…〉 them; the doom is past upon him, and there no other way for the aversion of it, but this, an this is a misery which exceeds our present comprehension; and the expectation of it is treme dous, i is a fearful looking for Judgment, and fi indignation,