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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 3: God to be sought in a finding time. DOCTRINE. III.
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3. Apply your selves to the use of all means by which you may find God. Give diligence in attendance on the Gospel Ordinances, whiles you have the liberty of them; read, hear, pray, meditate; when any such opportunity offers, think, it may be I shall have no more such in this world, time may be done with me before another comes: and let this thought make deep impression on your hearts, and rouse you up, not only diligently to attend these means, but make it your business to seek, that you may find God in them all.
USE III. To excite and encourage us to endeavour to bring others to seek God. Are there not those to whom we are bound in duty to endeavour their Salvation, and for whom we are solicitous that they may be saved? Let us then from the consideration of the truth in hand,
USE III. To excite and encourage us to endeavour to bring others to seek God. Are there not those to whom we are bound in duty to endeavour their Salvation, and for whom we are sollicitous that they may be saved? Let us then from the consideration of the truth in hand,
1. Be excited to do it presently. Do not delay it: call upon whom now, use means with them now: ⟨p. 325⟩let us not adjourn the duty, but use all earnestness and importunity in pursuance of it: Consider then;
1. Be excited to do it presently. Do not delay it: call upon w•em now, use means with them now: ⟨p. 325⟩