N01078:13
The just man's prerogative. A sermon preached privately, Sept. 27. 1706. on a solemn…
The just man's prerogative. A sermon preached privately, Sept. 27. 1706. on a solemn occasion; for the consolation of a sorrowful family, mourning over the immature death, of a pious son, viz Mr. Simeon Stoddard, who was found barbarously murdered, in Chelsea-Fields near London, May 14. 1706. / By S. Willard. ; [Two lines from II Samuel]
printed by B. Green. Sold by Nicholas Boone, 1706
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DOCTRINE. That a Godly Person shall meet with no Evil in this Life, but what shall turn to his great advantage in the issue.
That many general expressions in the Word of God are to be understood with a limitation, cannot be denied by him that would not impeach it of a contradiction: and yet the thing it self hath a certain and excellent Truth couched in it; and so it is here, and this may be made good in respect of the Evil of Sin, but that it is alien from my present purpose. I shall therefore confine the following Discourse to the Evil of Affliction.
That many general expressions in the Word of God are to be understood with a limitation, cannot be denied by him that would not impeach it of a contradiction: and yet the thing it self hath a certain and excellent Truth couched in it; and so it is here, and this may be made good in respect of the Evil of Sin, but that it is aliene from my present purpose. I shall therefore confine the following Discourse to the Evil of Affliction.
To make way for the clearing of the Doctrine, a few things may be offered Introductory.