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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: Faith the foundation of true Obedience. DOCTRINE III.
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. That which directs us to make choice of this object alone, is,
2. That which directs us to make choise of this object alone, is,
1. A discovery of that in him which is sufficient for this Life. Man acts his deliberation in making choice of his object; and that which comes under debate, is whether it will answer the end of it for which it is chosen; & so far as he apprehends this, so far is he guided to his Election. This makes wicked men to choose the world, because they are deceived by it: and when God draws men to believe in him, he makes himself known to them in his glorious perfections, Psal. 9.10. He therefore gives the reason of his trust, Psal. 62.5, 6, 7.
1. A discovery of that in him which is sufficient for this Life. Man acts his deliberation in making choise of his object; and that which comes under debate, is whether it will answer the end of it for which it is chosen; & so far as he apprehends this, so far is he guided to his Election. This makes wicked men to chuse the world, because they are deceived by it: and when God draws men to believe in him, he makes himself known to them in his glorious perfections, Psal. 9.10. He therefore gives the reason of his trust, Psal. 62.5, 6, 7.