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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 › Gods readiness to forgive on Penitent Confession. DOCTRINE.
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.
3. He urgently offereth this pardon •• you. You may question, but will God enter ••me if I come to him for it? Will he not […] me? but if it were so, surely he woul• […] ••nd so many messages to you, use […] entreaties with you, to accept, and come up to the terms of forgiveness: nor come himself by the secret addresses of his Spirit, moving on you in the means. God doth not dissemble with men. It was once used as an argument of consolation, Mark 10.49. He calleth thee; and the same may be said to you. What mean all those pleadings in the Ministry? those repeated Calls and Invitations? What intends this long continued patience used with you, notwithstanding your unbelief and standing off? Why should you say, he meant not me? •e himself hath invited, every one that thirsteth, and is weary; and if you are such, you are spe••ed.
3. He urgently offereth this pardon •• you. You may question, but will God ente• ••me if I come to him for it? Will he not 〈…〉 me? but if it were so, surely he woul• 〈…〉 ••nd so many messages to you, use 〈…〉 entreaties with you, to accept, and come up to the terms of forgiveness: nor come himself by the secret addresses of his Spirit, moving on you in the means. God doth not dissemble with men. It was once used as an argument of consolation, Mark 10.49. He calleth thee; and the same may be said to you. What mean all those p•eadings in the Ministry? those repeated Calls and Invitations? What intends this long continued patience used with you, notwithstanding your unbelief and standing off? Why should you say, he meaned not me? e himself hath invited, every one that thirsteth, and is weary; and if you are such, you are speed.