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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.
A. This is contained in two things.
1. The mercy that thus Compasseth them hath all in it that is needful to make them perfectly blessed. There is nothing wanting either for the way or for the end. What is sufficient to carry them through an evil world, to deliver them from all the evil of it▪ supply them with all the good in it, which shall serve to their everlasting well being, is enwrapped in it; and all the glorious entertainment that is prepared for them in another life belongs to it: It is an encompassing mercy, it answers all cases and ⟨p. 577⟩concerns; they who are under the provision and protection of it are fully laid in; there is help in every duty, supply in every want, succour in the greatest dangers, Grace for their whole work, comfort in every condition; and all this always at hand.
1. The mercy that thus Compasseth them hath all in it that is needful to make them perfectly blessed. There is nothing wanting either for the way or for the end. What is sufficient to carry them through an evil world, to deliver them from all the evil of it▪ supply them with all the good in it, which shall serve to their everlasting well being, is enwrapt in it; and all the glorious entertainment that is prepared for them in another life belongs to it: It is an encompassing mercy, it answers all cases and ⟨p. 577⟩concerns; they who are under the provision and protection of it are fully laid in; there is help in every duty, supply in every want, succour in the greatest dangers, Grace for their whole work, comfort in every condition; and all this always at hand.