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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. Let us improve them to put us upon the right course to obtain this mercy at Gods hand. If we join not this to the former, it will signify nothing. And here,
2. Let us improve them to put us upon the right course to obtain this mercy at Gods hand. If we joyn not this to the former, it will signifie nothing. And here,
1. Consider what they did in order to their obtaining forgiveness. And therefore:
1. They were throughly convinced of their Sin. God made them to see it, and know it, Psal. 51. 3. They had a deeply imprinted sense of what they had done, and how they transgressed.
2. They Confessed their Sins heartily to God. They did not hide them under their Tongues; they did not excuse, or mince, or extenuate them, whiles ⟨p. 288⟩