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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.
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3. Hence he observes when we do pray, and is ready to hear us. He waits to be gracious; he hearkens whether men will address him for it, that so he may take the opportunity to exalt his mercy on them; when he had brought Paul to the ground, ⟨p. 299⟩we find how he remarks on it, Acts 9.11. Behold he prayeth; q. d. Let him have been never so bitter a Persecutor heretofore, yet I will have mercy on him, for he prayeth for it.
3. Hence he observes when we do pray, and is ready to hear us. He waits to be gracious; he hearkens whether men will address him for it, that so he may take the oppurtunity to exalt his mercy on them; when he had brought Paul to the ground, ⟨p. 299⟩we find how he remarks on it, Acts 9.11. Behold he prayeth; q. d. Let him have been never so bitter a Persecuter heretofore, yet I will have mercy on him, for he prayeth for it.
USE III. For Exhortation and direction. Let it call upon all, whensoever under the sense of Guilt, to betake our selves to pray. Do we apprehend the anger of God against us for any sin? let it put us upon our making our requests to him for the removing of it; Consider then,
USE III. For Exhortation and direction. Let it call upon all, whensoever under the sense of Guilt, to betake our selves to praye. Do we apprehend the anger of God against us for any sin? let it put us upon our making our requests to him for the removing of it; Consider then,