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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 › The safety of pardoned ones in worst times. DOCTRINE.
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. And he is hereby exposed to the terrors of the Lord. There are not only temporal, but also spiritual evils that such an one hath laid himself open unto, and may expect them, which may well put him into trembling, Psal. 119.120. It is no small terror to see the Judgments of God round about, and conscience smite the man, telling him; ⟨p. 375⟩these are for thy sins, and putting him in expectation of feeling them personally. This also is often accompanied with Gods awful withdrawing from them, and looking like an enemy, Job 13.24. And see what a pitiful complaint he makes in this regard, Psal. 38 begin. Yea, sometimes to conclude that God hath cast him off, and will have mercy on him no more. Whereas we shall see how far otherwise it is with him who hath gotten all to stand right between God and him: for,
3. And he is hereby exposed to the terrours of the Lord. There are not only temporal, but also spiritual evils that such an one hath laid himself open unto, and may expect them, which may well put him into trembling, Psal. 119.120. It is no small terrour to see the Judgments of God round about, and conscience smite the man, telling him; ⟨p. 375⟩these are for thy sins, and putting him in expectation of feeling them personally. This also is often accompanied with Gods awful withdrawing from them, and looking like an enemy, Job 13.24. And see what a pittiful complaint he makes in this regard, Psal. 38 begin. Yea, sometimes to conclude that God hath cast him off, and will have mercy on him no more. Whereas we shall see how far otherwise it is with him who hath gotten all to stand right between God and him: for,