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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. The moral procuring cause of it; while I kept silence.
2. The Author or Efficient of it, thy hand, &c. Of these severally.
2. The Authour or Efficient of it, thy hand, &c. Of these severally.
1. The moral procuring cause of it; while I kept silence. The word is Emphatical, it firstly signifieth to dig, or plough, in order to the covering of something under ground. And hence it is used figuratively for devising, & for holding ones peace, and stopping ones ears: it is in our Text opposed to a free, full, and voluntary Confession, compare Verse 5. And designs all the carnal tricks and devi•es which men make use of to hide their sins, ⟨p. 160⟩many whereof the corrupt part in us is ready to suggest, upon the commission of Sin.
1. The moral procuring cause of it; while I kept silence. The word is Emphatical, it firstly signifyeth to dig, or plow, in order to the covering of something under ground. And hence it is used figuratively for devising, & for holding ones peace, and stopping ones ears: it is in our Text opposed to a free, full, and voluntary Confession, compare Verse 5. And designs all the carnal tricks and devi•es which men make use of to hide their sins, ⟨p. 160⟩many whereof the corrupt part in us is ready to suggest, upon the commission of Sin.