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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.
1. It is according to right reason that God hath authority to command, and that man owes him subjection. On the supposition of God and a Creature, this conclusion will necessarily follow. If we suppose a God, we must confess him to be the Creatures maker; that it owes, its being, and preservation to him, whatsoever it is or hath derives from him: And then he must have authority over it. If he be the first cause, he must be the last end. And from this authority of God, necessarily follows the subjection of the Creature: if he may command, that ought to obey. Man therefore being one of Gods Creatures, cannot exempt himself from this ⟨p. 469⟩homage, Psal. 100.2. Rev. 4 11. The light of nature taught mere Heathen this principle, and they made it the first Rule of Morality.
1. It is according to right reason that God hath authority to command, and that man owes him subjection. On the supposition of God and a Creature, this conclusion will necessarily follow. If we suppose a God, we must confess him to be the Creatures maker; that it owes, its being, and preservation to him, whatsoever it is or hath derives from him: And then he must have authority over it. If he be the first cause, he must be the last end. And from this authority of God, necessarily follows the subjection of the Creature: if he may command, that ought to obey. Man therefore being one of Gods Creatures, cannot exempt himself from this ⟨p. 469⟩homage, Psal. 100.2. Rev. 4 11. The light of nature taught meer Heathen this principle, and they made it the first Rule of Morality.