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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 › God will keep them from trouble, whose hiding place he is. 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.
1. He sometimes saves them from the trouble it self. It looks in the order of second causes, as if it would come; the Cloud riseth, and looks black and tempestuous, and is just ready to pour down a storm upon them, but God causeth a contrary wind to rise and blow it away, was it not thus, Isa. 37.33. with 36. And God hath unknown & uncountable ways to defeat second causes in their enterprises; hence that challenge, Isa. 8 9, 10. The Snare is laid, but God breaks it, and they escape, Psal. 124.4. Thus God gets him a name, and gives his people rest.
1. He sometimes saves them from the trouble it self. It looks in the order of second causes, as if it would come; the Cloud riseth, and looks black and tempestuous, and is just ready to pour down a storm upon them, but God causeth a contrary wind to rise and blow it away, was it not thus, Isa. 37.33. with 36. And God hath unknown & uncountable ways to defeat second causes in their enterprizes; hence that challenge, Isa. 8 9, 10. The Snare is laid, but God breaks it, and they escape, Psal. 124.4. Thus God gets him a name, and gives his people rest.
2. He sometimes saves them in their troubles. They come, but he is a present help, Psal. 46.1. Sometimes he preserves them from the utmost extremity; the tempest is in measure, Isa. 27.8. He is with them in water and fire, to limit them,