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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.
4. Hence he may with assured confidence apply all the promises of the New Covenant to himself. For, upon the sealing of a pardon, the whole Covenant is new sealed; and it is by settling on the promise, that we run into God as our hiding place: and this man can do it with great confidence, apprehending God, with opened arms ready to receive him.
4. Hence he may with assured confidence apply all the promises of the New Covenant to himself. For, upon the sealing of a pardon, the whole Covenant is new sealed; and it is by setling on the promise, that we run into God as our hiding place: and this man can do it with great confidence, apprehending God, with opened arms ready to receive him.
USE I. Learn hence how ill they are provided for safety in a time of trouble, who have no title to God as a hiding place. No man would willingly be abroad in a storm; and he that sees one rising, and knows not where to secure himself, is in a miserable condition; and no less unsafe are they, though more confident, who have their repose in that which will become a refuge of lies to them. Let it then be a word of awakening to all? Do you see a Storm coming?
1. Ask your selves where you intend to hide from it: And here,