A66111:245
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. That God did, by an act of Sovereignty, act of Christ for this end. This is evident in the elation of the New Covenant, in which we are •d that there was such a thing: and all our hopes […] Salvation by that Covenant, are built on this •dation; for we are Saved by Christ, we are •refore acquainted with a Covenant of Redemption, […] which the New-Covenant of Grace is founded; […] which God the Father indented with his Son […] this account, and made him a promise in ⟨p. 92⟩respect to it, that upon his Satisfaction the Vertu• of it should derive to them for whom it was, Is• 53. 10. And Christ dyed for this end, Gal. 2. 2• Yea he was made under the Law, that so it might exact this of him, in order to our being Redeem• from it, Gal. 4. 4, 5. And hence all the penalty he underwent are said to be on the account […] Our Sins, Isa. 53. 4. And this acceptance was an a• of Divine Sovereignty; God acted as a Lo• in it.
4. That God did, by an act of Sovereignty, ac•t of Christ for this end. This is evident in the •lation of the New Covenant, in which we are •d that there was such a thing: and all our hopes 〈…〉 Salvation by that Covenant, are built on this •dation; for we are Saved by Christ, we are •refore acquainted with a Covenant of Redemption, which the New-Covenant of Grace is founded; which God the Father indented with his Son this account, and made him a promise in