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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. There are the Covenant terms on which all his benefits are offered. These point the way how we may have a title to him, and enjoy blessedness; and if we comply not with them, notwithstanding the sufficiency of Christ, we shall not be profited by him. These are,
1. Faith in him. Pardon and peace becomes ours through the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness to us; now this is applied to us on and with our believing: hence we are said to be Justified by Faith, and that not only declaratively, but instrumentally, as by it we receive this Righteousness, and put our whole confidence in it: till when we abide under condemnation, Joh. 3. 15.
2. Holiness, which also we must derive from him. We are told, that without it there is no seeing God, Heb. 12. 14. For though this doth not influence our Justification, yet it hath the things in it that accompany salvation; and consists in a sincere conformity in heart and life to the Rules of Holiness, whence proceeds a well ordered Conversation, of which, Psal. 50. ult.