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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.
3. They look no farther than the present time. Never think of an after state: the life that now is, is all the life they are concerned about; they consider not of the Eternity to which they are going: all their projects are for now; that which doth them a present pleasure is the thing, and they will not be beat off from it, nor are they moved with the warnings of an after change, but mock at them; of such, 1 Cor. 15.32. These are beasts indeed; for, as they have but a present life, so they can look no farther.
4. They only consider the pleasure there is in sin, but never think what it will cost them. They make themselves merry with sinful delights, and put away thoughts of a reckoning: Sin is sweet in the cup; it is a pleasant poison, and the delectableness of it allures them, and they think not of the bitterness of its operation; Prov. 7.22, 23.9. ult. which is to do as brutes do, who if they can break into a good pasture, think not of being pounded, and set a starving.
4. They only consider the pleasure there is in sin, but never think what it will cost them. They make themselves merry with sinful delights, and put away thoughts of a reckoning: Sin is sweet in the cup; it is a pleasant poyson, and the delectableness of it allures them, and they think not of the bitterness of its operation; Prov. 7.22, 23.9. ult. which is to do as bruits do, who if they can break into a good pasture, think not of being pounded, and set a starving.