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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 › Doctrine 1: Contumacy to be avoided if we would have true peace. DOCTRINE I.
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.
2. It is joy and happiness which this Repentance leads to. There is bitterness in it, shame, sorrow, mourning, severity, cutting off right hands, &c. But all this is to bring you into the favour of God, settle your peace with him, and promove your blessedness: and who would not undergo this for such an advantage? Psal. 126.5.
3. If you remain obstinate, you will certainly perish: You are upon probation for eternal state, and as you carry your selves, so it will be determined: if you yield not to God, and come over, there is nothing but destruction abides you, Isa. 1.19, 20.
2. To the Children of God, who are under any falls, and God is using means to recover you, take this advice; Consider,
1. God is specially dishonoured by your falls. The Sins of his Children give greatest occasion of the blaspheming of his Name: if you fall, and wound your profession, you open the mouths of the ungodly: and you sin against more of Gods goodness and singular kindness than others.