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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.
4. There is yet an opportunity to obtain this. God hath provided this Garment, and makes offer of it to Sinners in the day of his patience and grace; and saith, if they will accept of it, he will bestow it upon, and put it on them; this •s the great business of the Gospel treaty, in which God, by the means, persuades with men •o see their need of it, and the sufficiency there is •n it, that they may be willing to accept of it. Jesus Christ will have Sinners to put him on, that their nakedness may not be seen, Rev. 3. 18.
4. There is yet an opportunity to obtain this. God hath provided this Garment, and makes offer of it to Sinners in the day of his patience and grace; and saith, if they will accept of it, he will bestow it upon, and put it on them; this •s the great business of the Gospel treaty, in which God, by the means, perswades with men •o see their need of it, and the sufficiency there is •n it, that they may be willing to accept of it. •esus Christ will have Sinners to put him on, that their nakedness may not be seen, Rev. 3. 18.
5. When your Sin is thus covered, God can be •oth just and forgive you; the Righteousness of God is not baulked, but honoured in this way, […] Joh. 1. 9. you may say, how can the Justice of the Law consist with the forgiveness of my •ns? it is answered, and it is enough, they are overed with the Robe of Christ's Righteousness; God hath accepted that on your score. Christ, […] his Humiliation was under the imputation of in, and Gods Justice took its satisfaction of him r you, for he was made Sin for us,