N00802:1975
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 To a•l in general, to get a secure title to this privilege: is there such a benefit to be had, let every one seek to get a true interest in it, and rest not till you •ave gotten it; to move you to it; Consider;
1 To a•l in general, to get a secure title to this priviledge: is there such a benefit to be had, let every one seek to get a true interest in it, and rest not till you •ave gotten it; to move you to it; Consider;
1. All men have it not. There is an affection of Joy planted in the Humane nature, and every one seeks an object for it but the joy under consideration is not in common to all men, but they are the least number of men who can make a true challenge of i• Christ's Flock, who are the only sons […] daughters of Consolation, is a little flock; and i• it belongs n•t to all, it concerns every one to s•ek and use the means by which he may obtain it: especially if we consider,
1. All men have it not. There is an affection of Joy planted in the Humane nature, and every one seeks an object for it but the joy under consideration is not in common to all men, but they are the least number of men who can make a true challenge of i• Christ's Flock, who are the only sons 〈…〉 daughters of Consolation, is a little flock; and i• it bel•ngs n•t to all, it concerns every one to sek and use the means by which he may obtain it: especially if we consider,