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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.
1. They have already experienced the sweetness of a pardon. When they were under the terrors of the Lord, and the apprehension of their Guilt at first, God was pleased to come in with his favour, and speak peace to them; by […] in a beam of light, and letting them know that their sins were forgiven: and this was the joyfullest hour that ever they had in all their lives: the comfort of it could not be equalled by any thing in the world, Isa. 12.1. Which will put them upon seeking it again.
1. They have already experienced the sweetness of a pardon. When they were under the terrours of the Lord, and the apprehension of their Guilt at first, God was pleased to come in with his favour, and speak peace to them; by 〈…〉 in a beam of light, and letting them know that their sins were forgiven: and this was the joyfullest hour that ever they had in all their lives: the comfort of it could not be equalled by any thing in the world, Isa. 12.1. Which will put them upon seeking it again.
2. They have also found God ready to forgive. They have been the instances of those commendations given him in the Scriptures, that he is prone to pardon; that he is a God forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin. When they were ready to cast off all hope, and give themselves up for gone, he came and frankly forgave them, though they could hardly believe it, and could say no more than that poor man, Mark 9.24 I believe, help mine Unb• lief; they have known him to be a merciful God, and how doth this animate them?