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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 1: Examples of Pardoned Sinners, our Encouragement DOCTRINE I.
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Examples of Pardoned Sinners, our Encouragement DOCTRINE I.
THE instances of Gods forgiving any upon their hearty confessing their sins to him, should encourage others to hope for, and seek it of him in the same way. The very subjoining of this to what went before, intimates this truth; if we consider David as turning his speech to God, he doth, as it were, say, this is the honour thou shalt get, by doing thus graciously by me; thou shalt have more Customers, others when they hear of it, will be animated to seek to thee for mercy. The great incentive to this, is from the gracious discoveries that God hath made of himself in his Word, those alluring promises, with which he animates desponding Sinners to seek him; but yet his works also have a voice in them, and confirm his Word, by giving an example in which his Word is verified. Here take these conclusions.
THE instances of Gods forgiving any upon their hearty confessing their sins to him, should encourage others to hope for, and seek it of him in the same way. The very subjoyning of this to what went before, intimates this truth; if we consider David as turning his speech to God, he doth, as it were, say, this is the honour thou shalt get, by doing thus graciously by me; thou shalt have more Customers, others when they hear of it, will be animated to seek to thee for mercy. The great incentive to this, is from the gracious discoveries that God hath made of himself in his Word, those alluring promises, with which he animates desponding Sinners to seek him; but yet his works also have a voice in them, and confirm his Word, by giving an example in which his Word is verified. Here take these conclusions.