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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.
In our Confession, they must be our own sins, and we ••st charge them home upon our selves. There are •o things in this.
1. They must be our own sins. The Psalmist puts •• title of property of his Sin four times in this •se; and see 2 Chron 6. 29. Ezek. 7 16. We •• indeed called to confess the Sins of others on •ouble account;
1. As we are concerned with them. We have not ⟨p. 210⟩only our Personal, but our Relative concern too about Sin. Confession is a proper adjunct of Prayer, and must accompany the petitions in which we seek mercy of God, and the averting of his Judgments. Now there is the consideration of a people as one body, in which every person is a Member; and there are the Sins of others, which we have avoided, that lie upon the Land, and the whole is obnoxious by them: such wa• Achan's sin, Josh. 22. 20. There are the Sins of Rulers, which have great influence, such was that of Saul,