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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.
3. All these tricks are a provocation to him, and he […] them foolishness. You may think your selves […] and politic, when you thus wind and dou•le, but he Laughs at your egregious folly in it, •sal. 2. begin. And needs must he be angry at these •ourses; for what are they but an essay to put a heat upon him, than which what higher affront •an be offered? And if they be sinful, they must •eeds displease him; but there is something peculiar in this: there is a root of Atheism at the bot•th of it, for, what difference between saying here is no God, and thinking he may be imposed upon, and we can hide our selves from his knowledge and judgment? Hence that challenge, Jer. •3. 24 Can any hide, &c.
3. All these tricks are a provocation to him, and he 〈…〉 them foolishness. You may think your selves 〈…〉 and politick, when you thus wind and dou•le, but he Laughs at your egregious folly in it, •sal. 2. begin. And needs must he be angry at these •ourses; for what are they but an essay to put a heat upon him, than which what higher affront •an be offered? And if they be sinful, they must •eeds displease him; but there is something pecu•iar in this: there is a root of Atheism at the bot•th of it, for, what difference between saying here is no God, and thinking he may be imposed •pon, and we can hide our selves from his know•edge and judgment? Hence that challenge, Jer. •3. 24 Can any hide, &c.