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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. Great insensibleness of your Guilt and want. If Sin were your burden and bitterness, it would bring you to lie prostrate before God; and what should he do with a pardon, who feels not his need? if you know not that you are miserable, you are not in a posture to receive forgiveness at Gods hands.
1. Great insensibleness of your Guilt and want. If Sin were your burden and bitterness, it would bring you to ly prostrate before God; and what should he do with a pardon, who feels not his need? if you know not that you are miserable, you are not in a posture to receive forgiveness at Gods hands.
2. Horrible Pride. Prayerless Sinners are proud Sinners, and therein they discover it; it saith you count your selves too big to stoop to God: and what little reason have such to expect savour? they are the humble and the penitent that are most like to find favour: and the soul that is truly humbled will fall to prayer; but God seeth the proud a far off.
3. That God will have no praise for this mercy from such an one. He that cannot find in his heart to fall down before God, and beg his pardoning mercy, will never give him suitable thanks for it, if he should confer it on him. Where there is no gratitude, there is no thanksgiving; and where a kindness is not resented, how should a person be grateful? Take heed then of being deluded with false hopes.