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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. You can never come to true quiet till you enjoy him. You resent a distance between him and you, and that is your perplexity; and where do you hope to find ease and relief? it is only in him that your Souls can be settled. Guilt will abide till he removes it; and as long as he is angry you are in an ill case.
2. He now expects that you should seek him. He hath not forbidden you, nor driven you away, but he requires it: this trouble he brings you to, is to make you feel your necessity; it is one way in which he is wont to fetch home his lost sheep, that are gone astray, so he did David, Peter, &c.
3. Hence be not disheartened by any Temptation to despair. Satan would be at this, and a misgiving heart, that is wounded, too readily resents it; but Consider;
1. He invites such as you are in particular, Mat. 11. 28. Come to me you that are weary and heavy ladder. He would have them that are in distress to seek