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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.
USE II. For Warning and advice to all, and •hat,
1. To take heed of being drawn into sin by any vain pretences. We are all too easy to hearken to Sa•ans insinuations, and the solicitations of our own •usts, and a little matter will allure us to do amiss: we therefore need something to caution us, and •ortify us against this: and what can be more useful on this account, than the truth before us, if throughly believed, and seasonably thought on, with due solemnity, when the temptation offers and is urgent? now to reflect, if I comply, I shall unavoidably provoke Gods displeasure, and pull his hand upon me, and then to think how heavy •t will be, how sorely it will press us; if it were only to fall into the hands of the Creature, it were little; but to fall into Gods hands, how fearful? Heb. 10. 31. How would this repel the temptation?
1. To take heed of being drawn into sin by any vain •retences. We are all too easy to hearken to Sa•ans insinuations, and the solicitations of our own •usts, and a little matter will allure us to do amiss: we therefore need something to caution us, and •ortify us against this: and what can be more •seful on this account, than the truth before us, if •hroughly believed, and seasonably thought on, with due solemnity, when the temptation offers and is urgent? now to reflect, if I comply, I shall unavoidably provoke Gods displeasure, and pull his hand upon me, and then to think how heavy •t will be, how sorely it will press us; if it were only to fall into the hands of the Creature, it were little; but to fall into Gods hands, how fearful?