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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. God having accepted of this Righteousness •r us, looketh upon it as ours. For this reason Christ is called, The Lord our Righteousness, Jer. 23. […]. And said to be made Righteousness to us, 1 Cor. […]. 30. And this is a result from the Everlasting ⟨p. 74⟩Contrivance of it in the Covenant of Suretyship, in which the Father promised to him this reward, that his Obedience should redound to the Justification of many, Isa. 53. 11. i. e. As many as it was to be applied unto.
1. God having accepted of this Righteousness •r us, looketh upon it as ours. For this reason •hrist is called, The Lord our Righteousness, Jer. 23. 〈…〉. And said to be made Righteousness to us, 1 Cor. 〈…〉. 30. And this is a result from the Everlasting ⟨p. 74⟩Contrivance of it in the Covenant of Suretiship, in which the Father promised to him this reward, that his Obedience should redound to the Justification of many, Isa. 53. 11. i. e. As many as it was to be applied unto.
2. Hence in the act of Justification he confe• this Righteousness upon us to be ours. Havi• already accepted it for us, he now bestows it upon us; it first was made ready, and then it is put […] So that it is not ours Inherently, but Adherently, […] Relatively, it is, in respect to us, not a personal […] a relative Righteousness; and in that regard […] resembled to a Garment, which is no part of […] man, but yet it is his, and put upon him for […] covering.