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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
Sermon › Doctrine 2: Guilt apprehended, Distressing to Gods Children. DOCTRINE II.
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. Take heed of carnal confidence in your pardoned State. There is no little hazard of this: Bless ⟨p. 158⟩God for it, wonder at the riches of his Grace in it, and study how to express a Suitable holy thankfulness for it: but do not grow secure, bold, fearless on the account. God will not take it well if you so do, and it may provoke him to with draw, as he did, for this reason from David, Psal. 30.6, 7.
3. Beware of allowing your selves in any sin. Think not of any that it is a Little One; count it not enough to stand off from gross scandalous Sins; nor make a little matter of sins of Omission, the neglect of this or the duty of worship to God, or of your relations: this heedlessness hath a double danger, it will hazard Gods with-drawing from you, and expose you to grow bold with such as are greater. And truly the more scandalous sins of Gods Children usually begin with such. David gave way to a wandering heart and eye on the house top, and that laid the Scene for all the Tragedy that followed.
3. Beware of allowing your selves in any sin. Think not of any that it is a Little One; count it not enough to stand off from gross scandalous Sins; nor make a little matter of sins of Omission, the neglect of this or the duty of worship to God, or of your relations: this heedlessness hath a double danger, it will hazard Gods with-drawing from you, and expose you to grow bold with such as are greater. And truly the more scandalous sins of Gods Children usually begin with such. David gave way to a wandring heart and eye on the house top, and that laid the Scene for all the Tragedy that followed.