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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.
1. That the Gospel great design is the illustra• on of the special Grace of God. By Gods spe• Grace, I intend that which is to be shown in […] Salvation of fallen man; there is common gr• expressed in many other things, but this is th• which God hath a peculiar design of comm• ding to the undone creature; and this is th• which is discovered in the Gospel; the gr• contrivances in Gods Eternal Decree, with • spect to his Elect, had an aim at this, Eph. 1. […] and those astonishing Providences which w• ⟨p. 37⟩concerned in our fall by the First Adam, and being repaired again by the Second, were media subordinated to this purpose; all was to make way for the Grace of God to appear in its most splendent lustre: So that our whole Salvation is ascribed to this grace, Eph. 2. 8.
1. That the Gospel great design is the illustra• on of the special Grace of God. By Gods spe• Grace, I intend that which is to be shewn in 〈…〉 Salvation of fallen man; there is common gr• exprest in many other things, but this is th• which God hath a peculiar design of comm• ding to the undone creature; and this is th• which is discovered in the Gospel; the gr• contrivances in Gods Eternal Decree, with • spect to his Elect, had an aim at this,