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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 5: Every true believer is compassed with mercy. DOCTRINE V.
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. There is a way in which they are to be brought […] the Enjoyment of this life. This life is considered […] an end, 1 Pet. 1 9. There is then a medium by which we are to come to the obtaining of it. Though there be a certain connection between E•••tion and Glorification, yet there are several links between them, by which they are so connected. •he Word of God is frequent in speaking of the •ay of life and salvation; and we have an account […] it, Rom 8 29, 30 This life is first inchoated when we are Regenerated, and consummated when Grace is perfected, when our race is run, and our •arfare accomplished. We are first entitled to it […] Vocation, made meet for it in progressive Sanctification, and at length possessed of it.
2. There is a way in which they are to be brought 〈…〉 the Enjoyment of this life. This life is considered 〈…〉 an end, 1 Pet. 1 9. There is then a medium by which we are to come to the obtaining of it. Though there be a certain connexion between E•••tion and Glorification, yet there are several links •etween them, by which they are so connected. •he Word of God is frequent in speaking of the •ay of life and salvation; and we have an account 〈…〉 it, Rom 8 29, 30 This life is first inchoated when we are Regenerated, and consummated when Grace is perfected, when our race is run, and our •arfare accomplished. We are first entituled to it 〈…〉 Vocation, made meet for it in progressive Sanctifi••tion, and at leng•h poss•ssed of it.