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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.
2. God freely offers this pardon where the Gospel cometh. He invites the children of men to come to him that they may be forgiven; he proclaims pardon to the world, and bids them seek it of him, and maketh large promises to them that so do, of bestowing it on them; that is one great argument that he useth, when he bids men to seek after him, Isa. 1. 18. 55. 7. Ezek. 18. 30. and elsewhere plentifully; yea, he is grieved when men will not come to him for it. It is the great provocation under the Gospel, that Christ and his Salvation are neglected: and he hath put it in the directory of prayer, and made it one petition that he hath put into our mouth• Mat. 6. 12. Forgive us our debts; and such as have sought it, have readily obtained it, Context Verse 5.
2. God freely offers this pardon where the Gospel cometh. He invites the children of men to come to him that they may be forgiven; he proclaims pardon to the world, and bids them seek it of him, and maketh large promises to them that so do, of bestowing it on them; that is one great argument that he useth, when he bids men to seek after him, Isa. 1. 18. 55. 7. Ezek. 18. 30. and elsewhere plentifully; yea, he is grieved when men will not come to him for it. It is the great provocation under the Gospel, that Christ and his Salvation are neglected: and he hath put it in the directory of prayer, and made it one petition that he hath put into our mouth• Mat. 6. 12. Forgive us our debts; and such as have sought it, have readily obtained it, Contex• Verse 5.