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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.
USE. II. For Exhortation, both to Sinners, and the Children of God.
1. Here is matter of counsel for Sinners;
1. Beware of confiding in your carnal reason: Vain man would be wise, &c. Job 10.12. They who have the least wisdom, are most conceited of themselves and think they have the greatest reason for what they do. Well, you are wise then, but let me tell you, the worlds wise men go wisely to hell. All their reasonings for sin are brutish, and are counted wisdom only by the fleshly part. When therefore you find that you incline to hearken to these, ask, but are not these the disputings of the flesh, and if so, they will be found folly in the end.
1. Beware of confiding in your carnal reason: Vain man would be wise, &c. Job 10.12. They who have the least wisdom, are most conceited of themselves and think they have the greatest reason for what they do. Well, you are wise then, but let me tell you, the worlds wise men go wisely to hell. All their reasonings for sin are brutish, and are counted wisdom only by the fleshly part. When therefore you find that you encline to hearken to these, ask, but are not these the disputings of the flesh, and if so, they will be found folly in the end.