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The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…
The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being the substance of divers sermons preached on Psalm XXXII / by Samuel Willard.
printed by B. Green and J. Allen for Michael Perry, 1650
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.
4. God, in pardoning the Sinner takes off thi• Guilt from him: This is the great benefit tha• comes in to him by it. And here observe.
1. That pardon bears a proper respect to Guil• There are several Considerations under which Si• cometh, but of them all, that which a pardon […] ⟨p. 55⟩concerned about and extends to, is Guilt. It doth nothing to the taking away the being of Sin, to the removing of the defilement of it; that belongs to Sanctification; but it is conversant about the Guilt. Pardon is the act of the Judge, and it respects the Crime, as it exposeth the Sinner to punishment, and that ariseth from his Guilt.
1. That pardon bears a proper respect to Guil• There are several Considerations under which Si• cometh, but of them all, that which a pardon 〈…〉 ⟨p. 55⟩concerned about and extends to, is Guilt. It doth nothing to the taking away the being of Sin, to the removing of the defilement of it; that belongs to Sanctification; but it is conversant about the Guilt. Pardon is the act of the Judge, and it respects the Crime, as it exposeth the Sinner to punishment, and that ariseth from his Guilt.