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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.
3. Hence he observes when we do pray, and is ready to hear us. He waits to be gracious; he hearkens whether men will address him for it, that so he may take the opportunity to exalt his mercy on them; when he had brought Paul to the ground, ⟨p. 299⟩we find how he remarks on it, Acts 9. 11. Behold he prayeth; q. d. Let him have been never so bitter a Persecutor heretofore, yet I will have mercy on him, for he prayeth for it.
3. Hence he observes when we do pray, and is ready to hear us. He waits to be gracious; he hearkens whether men will address him for it, that so he may take the opportunity to exalt his mercy on them; when he had brought Paul to the ground, ⟨p. 299⟩we find how he remarks on it, Acts 9. 11. Behold he prayeth; q. d. Let him have been never so bitter a Persecuter heretofore, yet I will have mercy on him, for he prayeth for it.
USE III. For Exhortation and direction. Let it call upon all, whensoever under the sense of Guilt, to betake our selves to prayer. Do we apprehend the anger of God against us for any sin? let it put us upon our making our requests to him for the removing of it; Consider then,
1. If our sin be not forgiven us, it will undo us. Think it not of little concernment whether our sin be pardoned or no: there needs no more but the Guilt of one unpardoned sin to sink you down into the pit of endless miseries: that one will condemn you, and there will be no hopes of escaping the Wrath of God: there is a sentence of death upon every sin, which must be taken off, or you cannot escape.