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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. The Object of this prayer; God, he shall pray unto thee; to pray to any other is Idolatry, and to ask help of that which cannot succour us.
5. The thing it self prayed for, for this, i e. for this forgiveness When they find themselves oppressed with the Guilt of sin; or it may point us to the encouragement of so praying; for this, may be read, upon this, i. e. upon the reading and being acquainted with my experience, and good success in so coming to God.
6. The season of this prayer, in a time when thou ma•st be found; Heb in a time of finding. Some interpret it of a time of affliction, when their sins have found them out: but others, and so our Translation understand it of an opportune time, wherein God is ready to be found of such as indeed seek him.
Three Doctrines may here be observed.