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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.
3 From the efficacy of it, if it be not removed; if this Guilt abide upon the Sinner, and be not taken off from him, it will unavoidably sink him down into the depth of miseries; and all the strength of the whole Creation is not able to support him against it. It is Guilt that brings Sinners to Everlasting Burnings; and all their refuges of lies will not save them therefrom. It is Guilt that makes men that they cannot stand in the Judgment, Psal. 1.5. and this i• ⟨p. 51⟩from the weight of it. This is the Talent of lead that will sink them into Eternal Perdition: Needs then must it be beyond measure heavy.
Obj. If any should here demur and say, how can this be? who are more easy and jocund than Guilty Sinners? do we not daily see the vilest of men the most unconcerned; they look as if nothing oppressed them, but live careless and confident: and how could they do so, if such a burden were on them?
Obj. If any should here demur and say, how can this be? who are more easy and jocund than Guilty Sinners? do we not dayly see the vilest of men the most unconcerned; they look as if nothing oppressed them, but live careless and confident: and how could they do so, if such a burden were on them?
A. There may be a fair account given of this; for,