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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. 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, Jam. 4. […]. Which is to be understood, not absolutely as •ey are actions, but relatively as they are actions which the Law prohibits: The thing that David […], displeased the Lord, 2 Sam. 11. ult.
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 deno•ination of Sin is put upon such actions, Jam. 4. 〈…〉. Which is to be understood, not absolutely as •ey are actions, but relatively as they are actions •hich the Law prohibits: The thing that David 〈…〉, displeased the Lord, 2 Sam. 11. ult.
2. In the manner of the Action. There is not •ly a doing, but a so doing required by the Law, nto which if men give not attendance, but in ay respect decline from it, Sin is imputed to […]