N00802:1955
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.
USE II For Examination; try we our title to this rejoicing by the Rule before us▪ are we of these Righteous and Upright ones?
USE II For Examination; try we our title to this rejoycing by the Rule before us▪ are we of these Righteous and Upright ones?
For motive, Consider,
For mo•ive, Consider,
1 It is natural for us to desire and seek after a joyful life. All men have a rooted principle in them, leading them insatiably after happiness, which consists in the real and full satisfaction of the soul, in an object wherein it may find and enjoy all the good i• needs: and what is the result of this but joy? men take divers courses for this, but all centre in this as their end. No man would live sorrowfully ⟨p. 633⟩if he could help it; if any refuse comfort, it is because they are seized with despair of obtaining their desire, in which they are far from taking content.
1 It is natural for us to desire and seek after a joyful life. All men have a rooted principle in them, leading them insatiably after happiness, which consists in the real and full satisfaction of the soul, in an object wherein it may find and enjoy all the good i• needs: and what is the result of this but joy? men take divers courses for this, but all center in this as their end. No man would live sorrowfully