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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.
2. But Godly sorrow for sin is no enemy to this joy, ⟨p. 629⟩but an help. The sorrow that obstructs this joy is a worldly sorrow, and that is to be avoided, as hurtful to the Children of God. The end of Godly sorrow is to embitter sin to us, and mortify our affections in regard of it, to make us hat• i•, forsake it; and fly to Christ for ••••verence; all of which helps forward spiritual joy, 2 Cor. 7.9, 10.
2. But Godly sorrow for sin is no enemy to this joy, ⟨p. 629⟩but an help. The sorrow that obstructs this joy is a worldly sorrow, and that is to be avoided, as hurtful to the Children of God. The end of Godly sorrow is to embitter sin to us, and mortifie our a••ections in regard of it, to make us hat• i•, f•rsake it; and fly to Christ for ••••verence; all of which helps forward spritual joy, 2 Cor. 7.9, 10.
3 It affords matter of joy that you are so burdened. To sink under our burden is sinful, but to be weary and heavy laden under the evil and bitterness of sin, is a foundation of comfort. Godly sorrow is a Grace of the Spirit, and so a fruit of his everlasting love, and an evidence of our good estate. Christ himself declareth such mourners blessed men,