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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. Conscience is a Witness to matters of fact. ⟨p. 137⟩And this it is in all the Circumstances; and as good […] ten thousand, being privy to all, standing by, •oking on, and writing down the most Secret Sins, •m. 2. 15. And it will not, dares not withhold its testimony, when God commands it to declare: •he lay the matter before it; it will not be silent, […]. 8. 9. Nor will the man dare to deny, when conscience stares him in the face and terrifieth •m.
3. Conscience is a Witness to matters of fact. ⟨p. 137⟩And this it is in all the Circumstances; and as good 〈…〉 ten thousand, being privy to all, standing by, •oking on, and writing down the most Secret Sins, •m. 2. 15. And it will not, dares not withold its •estimony, when God commands it to declare: •he lay the matter before it; it will not be silent, 〈…〉. 8. 9. Nor will the man dare to deny, when •onscience stares him in the face and terrifyeth •m.
4. Conscience is an Accuser. This is one office […] bears under God, Rom. 2. 15. And though, for •e present, men bribe and baffle their Consciences, d make them to hold their peace, yet they will certainly betray them; and when there is neither an, Angel, nor Devil appears, to lay any thing […] their charge, this will haunt them with its rejections, and give them no rest. Yea, how often oth it blab all, and force a confession from them before men.