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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.
2. With respect to the Obliquity of the action. And this is it that rendereth it Sin. No Action •an be reckoned sinful, but as it swerves from th• Rule of Obedience given unto man, for where there […] no Law, there is no Transgression, Rom. 4 15. Had •here been no Law, man could no more have •inned than Beasts can: but, being put under a •aw suited to his Nature, every warping from it, […] excess or defect, becometh a Sin. Now this obliquity is considerable several ways, viz.
2. With respect to the Obliquity of the action. And this is it that rendereth it Sin. No Action •an be reckoned sinful, but as it swerves from th• Rule of Obedience given unto man, for where there 〈…〉 no Law, there is no Transgression, Rom. 4 15. Had •here been no Law, man could no more have •inned than Beasts can: but, being put under a •aw suited to his Nature, every warping from it, 〈…〉 excess or defect, becometh a Sin. Now this •bliquity is considerable several ways, viz.
1. In the matter of the Action: i. e. When the Action it self is repugnant to the Precept When •he Law saith this thou shalt not do, and the •an doth the very thing forbidden; or this thou alt do, and he neglecteth it. Hence the denomination of Sin is put upon such actions,