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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.
5. And carnal presumption encourageth them […] keeping silence. And it hath its various acting in the man: he presumes of secrecy, he presumes of mercy; he promiseth himself to […] cape well enough; he thinks if he can but kee• his own counsel there is no danger: and th• ⟨p. 165⟩•ain delusion prompts him to such courses whereby he grows secure and careless.
5. And carnal presumption encourageth them 〈…〉 keeping silence. And it hath its various acting in the man: he presumes of secrecy, he presumes of mercy; he promiseth himself to 〈…〉 cape well enough; he thinks if he can but kee• his own counsel there is no danger: and th• ⟨p. 165⟩•ain delusion prompts him to such courses where•y he grows secure and careless.
2. That in thus doing, men do but lay in for the •ore awful distress of Conscience afterwards. The •uth of this will be made manifest by the following Conclusions.
2. That in thus doing, men do but lay in for the •ore awful distress of Conscience afterwards. The •uth of this will be made manifest by the folwing Conclusions.