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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.
3. If he do not preserve you, none else can. And if you do not believe this, you shall find it on trial to be true. You shall sooner or later come to that acknowledgement, Jer. 3 23. Truly in vain is Salvation looked for from hills and mountains, &c. Let them promise never so fair, they will deceive your expectations: What saith the Psalmist? Psal. 20.7, 8. Some trust in Chariots, &c. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen, and stand upright.
3. If he do not preserve you, none else can. And if you do not believe this, you shall find it on tryal to be true. You shall sooner or later come to that acknowledgment, Jer. 3 23. Truely in vain is Salvation looked for from hills and mountains, &c. Let them promise never so fair, they will deceive your expectations: What saith the Psalmist? Psal. 20.7, 8. Some trust in Chariots, &c. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen, and stand upright.
4. If you are deceived in your expectations, you will be in a miserable condition. I• you have presumed God to be your hiding place, and were never indeed gotten into him, you will be without any refuge when trouble comes. And for your help in this trial, take these Rules.
4. If you are deceived in your expectations, you will be in a miserable condition. I• you have presumed God to be your hiding place, and were never indeed gotten into him, you will be without any refuge when trouble comes. And for your help in this tryal, take these Rules.