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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 3: To go no further in Gods Service than forced is an ill sign. DOCTRINE III.
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4. Hence God is righteous when he afflicteth such a people. There is no injustice at all in it; see how the promise runs, Psal. 103.17, 18. And no wonder if a fool often feels a rod upon his back; if men will return to their foolishness as soon as they come from under ••rrection, it is their own fault, and they may blame themselves for it, that they are brought to it again presently. God herein vindicates his Holiness, and makes it appear how ••ll •e can endure sin. Let it not then be thought ⟨p. 490⟩strange, if they who are so ready to turn aside, are laid under straitness again.
5. And he is also kind in it to his Children. Not only i• he just, but merciful too, a father is as kind in giving his Child seasonable correction, as in giving him his daily food: It belongs to his Covenant, Heb. 1•.6. And his faithfulness is to be celebrated in it, Psal. 119 75. It is the way in which he shows them their folly, and teacheth them wisdom▪ and Godly men have abundant reason to say that it was in love to their Souls; that he would not suffer them to ruin themselves, 1 Cor. 11.•2.
5. And he is also kind in it to his Children. Not only i• he just, but merciful too, a father is as kind in giving his Child seasonable correction, as in giving him his daily food: It belongs to his Covenant,