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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.
USE I. For caution: Let none from the pr• mises conclude that his time is past. I know some troubled hearts are apt to be shaken by such awful truths, and the adversary is ready to set i• and persuade them that their day is done, an• ⟨p. 337⟩so sink them into despondency. To prevent this, let me offer these things.
USE I. For caution: Let none from the pr• mises conclude that his time is past. I know some troubled hearts are apt to be shaken by such awful truths, and the adversary is ready to set i• and perswade them that their day is done, an• ⟨p. 337⟩so sink them into despondency. To prevent this, let me offer these things.
1. That none hath Scripture warrant so to conclude. Gods purposes concerning individual persons on this account are reserved with himself; nor hath he given us any Rules in Scripture to determine it concerning our selves or others; there being but one Sin there branded for unpardonable, all others may be forgiven, Mat. 12.31. Now we are to fetch our hope, and regulate our selves in our duties by the revealed will of God.