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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.
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.
2. Hence, in it, the Sentence of the Law Condemning him is removed: This is the very thing it doth: The penalty of the Law was Death, and he, by being exposed to it, was a man of Death; but a pardon brings with it a revoking of that Sentence. God, when he pardons the Sinner, saith that he shall not Die but Live; the Curse of the Law shall not take place upon him, but he shall be delivered from it. It is excellently expressed. Job 33 24. Deliver him from going down to the pit. Hence that conclusion,