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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.
3. You reproach the love of God. Herein hath God wonderfully signalized his love to his people, by laying in consolation for them; and if you consider what was done to purchase it for you, it must appear to be astonishing love; this joy cost the Blood of the Son of God, he was acquainted with grief, that he might procure these comforts for you; and this carriage of yours casts reflections upon it, that the very consideration of such love should not fill you with overflowing delight.
3. You reproach the love of God. Herein hath God wonderfully signalized his love to his people, by laying in consolation for them; and if you consider what was done to purchase it for you, it must appear to be astonishing love; this joy cost the Blood of the Son of God, he was acquainted with grief, that he might procure these •omforts for you; and this carriage of yours casts reflections upon it, that the very consideration of such love should not fill you with overflowing delight.
4. You obstruct the work of your Generation. This frame hinders your business: this sorrow contracts your spirits, bindeth them up, and unfits them for what God calls you to; not only can you not do your work, as you ought, for you should Serve the Lord with cheerfulness, but you cannot do the work at all: you are discouraged, your thoughts diverted, and you forget your business: and you will repent of this ere long.
4. You obstruct the work of your Generation. This frame hinders your business: this sorrow contracts your spirits, bindeth them up, and unfits them for what God calls you to; not only can you not do your work, as you ought, for you should Serve the Lord with chearfulness, but you cannot do the work at all: you are discouraged, your thoughts diverted, and you forget your business: and you will repent of this ere long.