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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: Forgiveness obtained in the way of Prayer. 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.
Forgiveness obtained in the way of Prayer. DOCTRINE II.
IT is the Duty of all, and the disposition of every Gracious Soul, to pray to God for, as they hope to obtain forgiveness of him. They that would have it must pray for it; and they that have […] Grace in them will so do.
IT is the Duty of all, and the disp•sition of every Gracious Soul, to pray to God for, as they hope to obtain forgiveness of him. They that would have it must pray for it; and they that have 〈…〉 Grace in them will so do.
There are two Propositions in the Doctrine.
1. It is the duty of all that hope to be forgiven by God, to pray to him for it. That this is a duty is evident, because God hath required it; though God hath purposed to bestow a pardon on all his Chosen, yet Prayer is a required medium in order to the obtaining of it, Ezek. 36.37. I will be sought, &c God therefore connects their Caling and his Hearing together,