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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.
4. If there be Guile in our Spirits we cannot hide •• from Gods All seeing Eye. If we have dealt Hypocritically in our Profession, and made a pretence of choosing God to be our God, and devoting our selv•• to his Service; a show of Repentance and turning from our Sins, of Faith in embracing Christ, entering into Covenant with him, and mean w••• Our heart is not right with him; He is not moc••• there is no blinding of him, and he will find •• out; our Guile will never hurt him, but it […] turn upon our own heads. We may deceive others, and our selves too, but not God. Let us then be serious and earnest in this matter: and […] Rules of Trial,
4. If there be Guile in our Spirits we cannot hide •• from Gods All seeing Eye. If we have dealt Hypocritically in our Profession, and made a pretence of chusing God to be our God, and devoting our selv•• to his Service; a shew of Repentance and turning from our Sins, of Faith in embracing Christ, entring into Covenant with him, and mean w••• Our heart is not right with him; He is not moc••• there is no blinding of him, and he will find •• out; our Guile will never hurt him, but it 〈…〉 turn upon our own heads. We may deceive others, and our selves too, but not God. Let us then be serious and earnest in this matter: and 〈…〉 Rules of Tryal,