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The truly blessed man
The truly blessed man: or, The way to be happy here, and for ever: being the substance of divers sermons preached on, Psalm XXXII. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. N.E. ; [Five lines from Isaiah]
printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1700
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. The terrors of sin is now removed. All that darkness which was on his mind, when under the apprehension of Guilt, is now taken off; and he can again cheerfully see his Justified state, by which he knows his title to the love of God in Christ; that he is his Father, and will not cast him off
2. The terrours of sin is now removed. All that darkness which was on his mind, when under the apprehension of Guilt, is now taken off; and he can again chearfully see his Justified state, by which he knows his title to the love of God in Christ; that he is his Father, and will not cast him off
3. God usually giveth more than ordinary Testimonies of his endeared love at such a time. After broken bones and bitter sorrows for sin, God is wont to make great discoveries of his reconciled ⟨p. 388⟩favour to them, so that they cannot but acknowledge and praise him, Isa. 12.1. Jer. 31 20.
4. Hence he may with assured confidence apply all the promises of the New Covenant to himself. For, upon the sealing of a pardon, the whole Covenant is new sealed; and it is by settling on the promise, that we run into God as our hiding place: and this man can do it with great confidence, apprehending God, with opened arms ready to receive him.
4. Hence he may with assured confidence apply all the promises of the New Covenant to himself. For, upon the sealing of a pardon, the whole Covenant is new sealed; and it is by setling on the promise, that we run into God as our hiding place: and this man can do it with great confidence, apprehending God, with opened arms ready to receive him.