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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. All Sin is against God. Men may be injured by it, but whether they be or no, Gods ⟨p. 217⟩honour is stricken at by every Sin; it is a transgression of his Law, 1 Joh. 3. 4. It is a coming •ort of his glory, Rom. 3. 23. And that is an affront offered to him; and indeed, considered as •in, it is only against him, Psal. 51. 4. And whom should we make our Confession to, but him whom we have provoked by it? he is the party firstly concerned, and must not be neglected.
2. All Sin is against God. Men may be injured by it, but whether they be or no, Gods ⟨p. 217⟩honour is stricken at by every Sin; it is a transgression of his Law, 1 Joh. 3. 4. It is a coming •ort of his glory, Rom. 3. 23. And that is an af••ont offered to him; and indeed, considered as •in, it is only against him, Psal. 51. 4. And whom should we make our Confession to, but him whom we have provoked by it? he is the party firstly concerned, and must not be neglected.
3. He only can forgive us our sins. Our great encouragement to confess, is our hope to obtain mercy and pardon, and therefore the Gospel, which made discovery of forgiveness through Christ, is the great motive to poor Sinners to fall down before God, and acknowledge their Sins to him. Well, this is his Prerogative, and he will not give it another,