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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. This sort of affliction is a very heavy hand of […] upon a man. One way to judge of the anger, by the distress which the effect of it puts us to; […] God lay the weight on a man, till it sinks and overwhelms him, that hand lieth heavy: and so […] when Conscience is let loose upon him, and •argeth him with Guilt, and threatens him with destruction, this is for the kind, the most insupportable burden that a man can fall under in this […], Prov. 18. 14. And when this lasteth long, and […] no intermission, that addeth to the intollera•eness of it: when the Arrow sticks fast, and cannot be plucked out.
3. This sort of affliction is a very heavy hand of 〈…〉 upon a man. One way to judge of the anger, by the distress which the effect of it puts us to; 〈…〉 God lay the weight on a man, till it sinks and •verwhelms him, that hand lieth heavy: and so 〈…〉 when Conscience is let loose upon him, and •argeth him with Guilt, and threatens him with •estruction, this is for the kind, the most insup•ortable burden that a man can fall under in this 〈…〉, Prov. 18. 14. And when this lasteth long, and 〈…〉 no intermission, that addeth to the intollera•eness of it: when the Arrow sticks fast, and •annot be plucked out.