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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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2. One that hates sin. It is the odious thing to him; he cannot abide it, Hab. 1 13 Indeed there is nothing he hath an indignation •or but that, & it cannot but be abominable to him, b•ing directly contrary to his Holiness, by which he is bound for his own Glory, which sin is set against, Rom 3.23. He therefore cannot endure Sinners, Psal. 5.3, 4
3 Is able to give being to his Word. He threat••• ⟨p. 537⟩wicked men with no more than he can do with ease, for he is a consuming fire, and there is none that can hide from him, withstand him, or •ny way secure themselves from the impression of his anger, Psal. 76.7. And if he both will & can, what can be more to make it certain?
4. Conclude what a fearful thing it will be to be made the Subject of all these sorrows. Think your selves now to be under the impression of them; realize them thus to your selves, & say, how shall I endure the fierce anger of God? How shall I stand up under the weight of all the sorrows which the fury of God shall heap on me, when it shall •e kindled in a fire that shall not be quenched; thus •e they brought in deliberating,