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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. It defiles the man: it poisons him, it leaves him under that filthiness which is indeed his bane: it leaves a blot upon him, which exposeth him to reproach: Sin is therefore in Scripture compared to all those filthy things that can be thought of, and all too little to set forth its odiousness.
1. It defiles the man: it poysons him, it leaves him under that filthiness which is indeed his bane: it leaves a blot upon him, which exposeth him to reproach: Sin is therefore in Scripture compared to all those filthy things that can be thought of, and all too little to set forth its odiousness.
2. It robs the man of his peace. There is great peace in Obedience, Psal. 119. 165. But sin lays a foundation for all disturbance, Isa. 57. 20, 21. It makes deep wounds in the Conscience, which will ⟨p. 472⟩put him to horrible pain, and if he doth not feel it, yet it is his portion, and to be looked for every moment, Job 15. 20. &c.
3. It deprives him of his happiness: and that both naturally, and upon the Covenant terms. Sin, if it gets into a man, is it self a misery, and lays him open to the wrath of God, Rom. 6. 2•.