A66111:41
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. It dischargeth them from the Curse. There […] a Curse contained in the Law-Condemnation that •s past upon the Sinner; and it belongs to all ⟨p. 14⟩that are under the Law, Gal. 3. 10. and this is […] miserable condition. Besides the things contained in it referring to another world, which wi• fall under an after consideration, let us here observe, that in this life it is very fearful: and tha• observable on a double account. There is […] Curse on all their Blessings. They do enjoy many favours in this life, through the benignity o• God, but there is a Curse upon them all; an• that not only to remove them, but to harm the• in the very enjoyment: hence that, Deut. 28. 1• &c. and we have such an expression, Mal. 2. […] I will curse your blessings, yea I have cursed them […] ready; every thing doth them hurt; all tends t• their disadvantage, Their Table is a snare, &c. Psal. 6• 22. Whereas they that are pardoned, have th• Curse removed from them; this is a benefit promised in, Rev. 22. 3. There shall be no more Curs• and this flows from forgiveness. There is […] Curse also in their Afflictions, and that is […] which puts the bitterness into them. All th• Afflictions that come upon Unpardoned Sinners, are the Executions of the Sentence […] the Law, and are dispensed by God as a Judg• We read, in