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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
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. You are not the owners of this privilege. Sorrow and not joy is your inheritance; if you have ⟨p. 624⟩no peace, I am sure you have no true joy, and so it is, Isa. 57. ult. Joy belongs to the Righteous, and you usurp that which is none of yours.
1. You are not the owners of this priviledge. Sorrow and not joy is your inheritance; if you have ⟨p. 624⟩no peace, I am sure you have no true joy, and so it is, Isa. 57. ult. Joy belongs to the Righteous, and you usurp that which is none of yours.
2. You are incapable of this duty. It is your Sin that you are so; but no ungodly man can perform any Gospel duty: You have the Aff••ction of joy in you, but not the grace to sanctify it, so as to be able to use it aright: you are Strangers, & cannot intermeddle with the joy of the Saints.
2. You are incapable of this duty. It is your Sin that you are so; but no ungodly man can perform any Gospel duty: You have the Aff••ction of joy in you, but not the grace to sanctifie it, so as to be able to use it aright: you are Strangers, & cannot intermeddle with the joy of the Saints.