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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. Be excited to do it presently. Do not delay it call upon them now, use means with them now ⟨p. 325⟩let us not adjourn the duty, but use all earnestness and importunity in pursuance of it: Consider then;
1. It is now the time for it. This is a finding time: are they young? it is the best season for them to seek and find God in, Prov. 8. 17. Hence that advice, Eccl. 12. 1. You have now all advantages before you to pursue this business to effect, they enjoy the Gospel means; it is also the best opportunity to press them to this whiles there are these helps to promote it: you will never have a more convenient season.
2. This finding time may be gone before we are aware. It is very uncertain, whether if now we delay it, it will not slip by irrecoverably: for,