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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.
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6. That though Godly men do suffer some of these sorrows, yet they are not their portion. It cannot be denied but that Gods choicest Servants do meet with the same afflictions that are put into the Curse; and may, as to what is visible, undergo them in as hard, or harder measures than many ungodly do; yet it is certain that they do not receive them as any part of their portion by the threatening of the Law; for,
6. That though Godly men do suffer some of these sorrows, yet they are not their portion. It cannot be denied but that Gods choicest Servants do meet with the same afflictions that are put into the Curse; and may, as to what is visible, undergo them in as hard, or harder measures than many ungodly do; yet it is certain that they do not receive them as any part of their portion by the threatning of the Law; for,
1. They are but some of these sorrows that they meet withal; and indeed the least of them too. These sorrows are some of them suffered in this life; others are reserved for hereafter, which are the consummation and top of all: but Gods Children are put out of danger of them; and it is only in this life, a little while that they meet with troubles: and though they may be troubled both in body and mind, yet it is but for a season, 1 Pet. 1.6. And these under such moderations as infinite wisdom pleaseth; and let them be what they will, ⟨p. 515⟩their latter end is peace▪ Psal. 37.37. Whereas all belong to ungodly men positively.