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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 Ministry and Ordinances, are the ordinary instruments by which God Converteth Sinners. He hath seen meet to make this the appointed way of promoving the Salvation of men. 1 Cor. 1. 21. Rom. 10. 17. Where he sendeth not these, it is an awful sign that he hath none of this work to do there.
1. That the Gospel Ministry and Ordinances, are the ordinary instruments by which God Converteth Sinners. He hath seen meet to make this the appointed way of promoving the Salvation of men. 1 Cor. 1. 21. Rom. 10. 17. Where he sendeth not these, it is an awsul sign that he hath none of this work to do there.
2. That they are the Gospel truths, by the dispensation whereof he useth them as instruments. They are moral instruments, and therefore their business is to treat with men: and the matter of the treaty is, these great truths that declare the Counsel of God, and the way wherein Sinners may come to enjoy him, in and through Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 2. 2.