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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.
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.
2. Their time may be over. If we should live, they may die, and then they are past hearing of us; they are liable to many casualties which we can neither foresee nor prevent. A sudden death may surprise them, which will not give us leave to drop one counsel upon them, or make one prayer over them.
2. Their time may be over. If we should live, they may dy, and then they are past hearing of us; they are liable to many casualties which we can neither foresee nor prevent. A sudden death may surprize them, which will not give us leave to drop one counsel upon them, or make one prayer over them.
3. If the time thus slip through our neglect, it will be bitter to us. Whatever the event of our endeavour ⟨p. 326⟩be, yet if we have been faithful to our trust in this way, it will afford us inward peace: but if we have grossly neglected it, it will procure a sad remorse, and leave a sting on our Consciences. When we come to lie on a death bed, it will disquiet our tranquility: or if they be taken from us, it will be the most afflicting consideration, to think we have neglected to do our part toward their spiritual and eternal welfare, and now it is too late, and because we did it not when we might, & ought, we shall no more have any advantage for it.
3. If the time thus slip through our neglect, it will be bitter to us. Whatever the event of our endeavour ⟨p. 326⟩be, yet if we have been faithful to our trust in this way, it will afford us inward peace: but if we have grosly neglected it, it will procure a sad remorce, and leave a sting on our Consciences. When we come to ly on a death bed, it will disquiet our tranquility: or if they be taken from us, it will be the most afflicting consideration, to think we have neglected to do our part toward their spiritual and eternal welfare, and now it is too late, and because we did it not when we might, & ought, we shall no more have any advantage for it.