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The truly blessed man
The truly blessed man: or, The way to be happy here, and for ever: being the substance of divers sermons preached on, Psalm XXXII. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. N.E. ; [Five lines from Isaiah]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1700
Sermon › Doctrine 3: God to be sought in a finding time. DOCTRINE. III.
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3. You are not yet out of hope. You have yet one offer of a treaty left you, before you go to the Dead: and though you have grievously provoked God to forsake you, he is yet gracious and merciful. Christ's Blood hath virtue enough in it to expiate the guilt of all your sins; his spirit wants not for power to break your hard hearts, and give you repentance: and after so many thousand denials, he again accosts you; and know it, that if after this call you perish, it will be a witness against you, and aggravate your Guilt in the Great Day.
3. You are not yet out of hope. You have yet one offer of a treaty left you, before you go to the Dead: and though you have grievously provoked God to forsake you, he is yet gracious and merciful. Christ's Blood hath vertue enough in it to expiate the guilt of all your sins; his spirit wants not for power to break your hard hearts, and give you repentance: and after so many thousand denials, he again accosts you; and know it, that if after this call you perish, it will be a witness against you, and aggravate your Guilt in the Great Day.
4. You have a great work to do, and but little time to do it in. If ever you hope to find God propitious, you must break off your sins by Repentance, forsake your evil ways, relinquish your cursed companions; turn to God, believe in Jesus Christ, mortify your lusts, and endeavour the perfecting of holiness. You must give glory to God, before your feet stumble on the dark mountains; and how short a time have you for this? yet despair not: it may be done by Gods ⟨p. 358⟩help▪ only it concerns you to make hast: for;