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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.
3. In conferring this Righteousness upon us, […] Clothes us with it. He throws it over us, so th• we who were before naked, are now arrayed w• it, so that all our defects and deformities are • den under it: hence the Apostles expression […] being found in it, Phil. 3. 9. And it covers us […] over, so that whatever faults are in us, they […] thus put out of sight.
3. In conferring this Righteousness upon us, 〈…〉 Cloaths us with it. He throws it over us, so th• we who were before naked, are now arrayed w• it, so that all our defects and deformities are • den under it: hence the Apostles expression 〈…〉 being found in it, Phil. 3. 9. And it covers us 〈…〉 over, so that whatever faults are in us, they 〈…〉 thus put out of sight.
4. Hereupon he judgeth of us by and accord• to this Righteousness. He looks no farther, a• Judge than to this: by it therefore we are m• the Righteousness of God, 2 Cor. 5. 21. We are n• on a relative account, pure, and clear, and sp• less; Justice hath nothing to lay to our cha because we, having put on Christ the Righteous, […] Righteous in him.