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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 2: Wicked mens Sorrows, great and innumerable. DOCTRINE II.
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.
Great and innumerable Sorrows are the portion of wicked men. With this argument the Psalmist ⟨p. 509⟩cautions all men against refusing Divine Teachings, and hardening their hearts against the counsels of God, by showing the miserable condition of the ungodly. The word Sorrows, is here used Metonymically, for the occasion of Sorrow: Now Sorrow is a derivative Affection, flowing from Hatred, and is nothing else but the manner of its expressing it self, under the pressure of any evil that is felt. For as love embraceth a present good with Joy, so hatred entertains a present evil with Sorrow: and for that reason, all the miseries that befall men are called Sorrows, because they will put them to grief who undergo them. Here we may enquire;
GReat and innumerable Sorrows are the portion of wicked men. With this argument the Psalmist ⟨p. 509⟩cautions all men against refusing Divine Teachings, and hardning their hearts against the counsels of God, by shewing the miserable condition of the ungodly. The word Sorrows, is here used Metonymically, for the occasion of Sorrow: Now Sorrow is a derivative Affection, flowing from Hatred, and is nothing else but the manner of its exp•essing it self, under the pressure of any evil that is felt. For as love embraceth a present good with Joy, so hatred entertains a present evil with Sorrow: and for that reason, all the miseries that befal men are called Sorrows, because they will put them to grief who undergo them. Here we may enquire;
1. Wherein sorrows appear to be the portion of the wicked?