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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.
2. The different state or condition of these answerable to their Character; viz.
1. The misery that waits on Wicked men; Many Sorrows: Sorrows; the word is applied to griefs both of body and mind, and signifies the intenseness of them; many; the word is applied both to quantity and quality, and signifies both magnitude and multitude, and may be read, many and great.
1. The misery that waits on Wicked men; Many Sorrows: Sorrows; the word is applied to griefs both of body and mind, and signifies the intenseness of them; many; the word is applied both to quantity and quality, and signifies both magnitude and mu•titude, and may be read, many and great.
2. The felicity of the Believer; mercy shall compass him about. Here observe,
1. What it is that makes him happy; Mercy: It is here put Metonymically, for the fruits or effects of mercy. The word signifieth a sacred affection of piety, pity, benignity, or good will, without any r spect to merit.