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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. That the great burden lying on the Conscience th• distresseth it for Sin, is the Guilt. A gracious So• indeed is humbled and put into mourning by re• son of the pollution that cleaveth to his Sin; a•• it is the principal ingredient of a kindly god• Sorrow for sin: but, though that abaseth th• man, and makes him vile in his own sight, yet doth not fill him with those perplexities we a• now considering of: The terrors of Conscience ⟨p. 219⟩arise from the apprehension of Gods Wrath, and the impression which the Curses of the Law make on the Soul: he seeth God coming against him as an enemy armed with revenge, and is in fearful expectation of falling into his hand; it is this anger that overwhelmeth him, Psal. 38. 2. 88. 7. And it is the apprehension of Guilt that produceth it. God appears to him terrible in his Holiness and Justice, and he doth not apprehend the comfort of a Sealed Pardon, hence arise all his Soul agonies.
1. That the great burden lying on the Conscience th• distresseth it for Sin, is the Guilt. A gracious So• indeed is humbled and put into mourning by re• son of the pollution that cleaveth to his Sin; a•• it is the principal ingredient of a kindly god• Sorrow for sin: but, though that abaseth th• man, and makes him vile in his own sight, yet doth not fill him with those perplexities we a• now considering of: The terrors of Conscien• ⟨p. 219⟩