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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 › The Righteous should always Rejoice.Sermon › The Righteous should alwayes Rejoyce.
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.
1. Gods Children have their mourning times here. Not only have they abundant occasion for it in •he Providence of God, but it is their duty to mourn, when God calls them to it. As long as they carry a body of death about with them, and are led captive by it, they may well groan, & cry •ut as he, Rom. 7.24. There is a Godly sorrow belongs to them, 2 Cor. 7.10. And such occasions will never be wanting, till they come to just men made perfect.
2. They may also be often impeded in their work of rejoicing. This grace is often obstructed in its actings, and they hang up their harps in the willows: and more especially.
2. They may also be often impeded in their work of rejoycing. This grace is often obstructed in its actings, and they hang up their harps in the willows: and more especially.
1. Through excessive sorrow under some afflictive Providences. They meet with trials that are too hard for them at present, which drink up their spirits, and are ready to overwhelm them, Psal 142.3. they are broke in the place of dragons, they faint in the day of adversity: and now it is hard to sing a Zions song, or tune their voice to a cheerful celebration of Gods kindness to them, Psal 137. begin.
1. Through excessive sorrow under some afflictive Providences. They meet with trials that are too hard for them at present, which drink up their spirits, and are ready to overwhelm them, Psal 142.3. they are broke in the place of dragons, they faint in the day of adversity: and now it is hard to sing a Zions song, or tune their voice to a chearful celebration of Gods kindness to them, Psal 137. begin.