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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
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. Sometimes by outwardly preserving them from those evils: There are many encouragements for this, as hath already been observed, Psa 91▪ Isa. 26 20. Psal▪ 27.5 Jer. 36.26. And a Child of God, walking in his integrity, and standing clear of the evil of the times, may have no small hope of this.
2. By maintaining their faith in life and vigour under these trials. Th••gh tossed with tempest, their faith doth not fail: though winds roar, and floods assault them, their house stands on its rock, Mat. 7.24, 25. They cannot be put from their hope, nor driven from their duty, Psal. 44 17. They are tossed with tempest, but not shipwreck.
2. By maintaining their faith in life and vigour under these trials. Th••gh t•ssed with tempest, their faith doth not fail: though winds roar, and floods assault them, their house stands on its rock, Mat. 7.24, 25. They cannot be put from their hope, nor driven from their duty, Psal. 44 17. They are tost with tempest, but not shipwrack.