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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 It sanctifieth every thing to them for their saving advantage. It gi•es the operation of all Ordinances and Providences to contribute to their furtherance to eternal li•e; it makes all to turn to their account: i• they be in prosperity or adversity, if they be full or in want, if they enjoy the light of Gods countenance, or walk in the dark, all shall be managed so as to promove their salvation; it shall not hinder, but help them to their crown, Rom. 8.28. Phil 1 19.
2 It sanctifieth every thing to them for their saving advantage. It gi•es the operation of all Ordinances and Providences to con•ribute to their fa•therance to eternal li•e; it makes all to turn to their account: i• they be in prosperity or adversity, if they be full or in want, if they enjoy the light of Gods countenance, or walk in the dark, all shall be managed so as to promove their salvation; it shall not hinder, but help them to their crown, Rom. 8.28. Phil 1 19.
6. They stand in need of this defence and succour as long as they live, and this mercy never fails them in it. There is no time wherein it withdraws its influence: Sometimes indeed they are not so apprehensive of it, for want of skill in judging things, but it is always so: The Psalmist settled here after much shaking, Psal 73 24. Thou shalt guide me by Counsel, &c. and follow every providence to the end, and they shall find peace there, Psal 37.37. This mercy guards them through all changes of time, and ceaseth not till it hath freed them from all trouble, and settled them in Eternal rest.