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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. It acquaints us with what distress they were in after they had so Sinned. What Convictions, what compunctions they felt in them; what pain they were in by reason of their wounds and broken bones, what terrible agonies they suffered on the account, see Context, verse 3, 4. and Mat. 26. ult. and else where.
3. It shows us what course they took to get their Sin pardoned. In what way they gat relief, and found mercy at Gods hand: What confession they made to God, how they bemoaned themselves bitterly ⟨p. 279⟩how earnestly they besought God for mercy, with what deep Humiliation; and self loathing they prostrated themselves at the footstool of the Throne of Grace; to this serve all Davids penitential Psalms; and we have such an account of Ephraim, Jer. 31. 18, 19
3. It shews us what course they took to get their Sin pardoned. In what way they gat relief, and found mercy at Gods hand: What confession they made to God, how they bemoaned themselves bitterly ⟨p. 279⟩how earnestly they besought God for mercy, with what deep Humiliation; and self loathing they prostrated themselves at the footstool of the Throne of Grace; to this serve all Davids penitential Psalms; and we have such an account of Ephraim, Jer. 31. 18, 19