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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.
2. Through Divine Desertions. There are occasions of Christ's withdrawing from his Spouse, and then she is sick of love, and ready to faint and •y away▪ he hides from them, and the thoughts ⟨p. 608⟩of him were a perplexity to them, Psal. 77. begin The grounds of their joy are now hidden, & they cannot discern them, and this makes them sad, […] how should it be otherwise?
2. Through Divine Desertions. There are occasions of Christ's withdrawing from his Spouse, and then she is sick of love, and ready to faint and •y away▪ he hides from them, and the thoughts ⟨p. 608⟩of him were a perplexity to them, Psal. 77. begin The grounds of their joy are now hidden, & they cannot discern them, and this makes them sad, 〈…〉 how should it be otherwise?
3. Through Unbelief; whereupon they put a wrong interpretation upon Gods dealing with them. When he comes to correct them as a •ather, they conclude that he sets himself for their enemy; when he is about to heal them, they think he intends to kill them; he is at work for them, and they say all is against them. Now we live by faith, and all our comforts are received and improved by the exercise of it, so that when that is obstructed, and unbelief prevails, this turns all into sorrow.