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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. This should not hinder, but further yo• humbling sense of them though God doth n•• look on them, you should. Soul abasement f•• Sin, and mourning by reason of it, belong […] ⟨p. 81⟩that Sanctification which we are all to pursue, if sin be not made vile, and abasing to us, by the apprehension of a pardon, we may question whether we do rightly apprehend it.
1. This should not hinder, but further yo• humbling sense of them though God doth n•• look on them, you should. Soul abasement f•• Sin, and mourning by reason of it, belong 〈…〉 ⟨p. 81⟩that Sanctification which we are all to pursue, if sin be not made vile, and abasing to us, by the apprehension of a pardon, we may question whether we do rightly apprehend it.
2. But yet it should comfort your hearts under this sense. Conviction of sin and Guilt joined together will raise horrors in the Conscience; whereas Conviction of sin, and apprehension of a pardon, together with making us more vile in our own eyes, will afford a support to us, and as the one humbleth us, so the other relieves us, and gives •s matter of consolation; for,
2. But yet it should comfort your hearts under this sense. Conviction of sin and Guilt joyned together will raise horrors in the Conscience; whereas Conviction of sin, and apprehension of a pardon, together with making us more vile in our own eyes, will afford a support to us, and as the one humbleth us, so the other relieves us, and gives s matter of consolation; for,