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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
The Truly Blessed Man: Or, the WAY to be Happy here, and for ever. › The Text Opened.
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5. Calls on these blessed men to rejoice in it, verse 11.
5. Calls on these blessed men to rejoyce in it, verse 11.
The first thing then in the Psalm, is a description given of a blessed man, verse 1, 2. And it ⟨p. 9⟩bears respect to the state of Blessedness which is enjoyed in this life. There is an Inchoate Felicity which the Children of God are partakers of here, which shall arrive at perfection hereafter. The Topic from whence he argues or describes this Blessedness, is the state of Pardon or Forgiveness in which such do now stand.
The first thing then in the Psalm, is a description given of a blessed man, verse 1, 2. And it ⟨p. 9⟩bears respect to the state of Blessedness which is enjoyed in this life. There is an Inchoate Felicity which the Children of God are partakers of here, which shall arrive at perfection hereafter. The Topick from whence he argues or describes this Blessedness, is the state of Pardon or Forgiveness in which such do now stand.
In the words observe,