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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
Sermon › Doctrine 1: Contumacy to be avoided if we would have true peace. DOCTRINE I.
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4. When they justify themselves against all the convictions offered them. They will not see, nor acknowledge that they have done amiss: they plead their innocence, and righteousness. Thus when the Prophet bore witness against their Idolatry, they vindicate themselves, Jer. 44.17, 18. They think that their ways are equal, & Gods ways unequal, Ezek. 18.25. Whereas a subdued heart readily confesseth its Guilt, and gives God his due acknowledgement, Psal. 51.3, 4.2 Chron. 12.5, 6.
4. When they justify themselves against all the convictions offered them. They will not see, nor acknowledge that they have done amiss: they plead their innocence, and righteousness. Thus when the Prophet bore witness against their Idolatry, they vindicate themselves, Jer. 44.17, 18. They think that their ways are equal, & Gods ways unequal, Ezek. 18.25. Whereas a subdued heart readily confesseth its Guilt, and gives God his due acknowledgment, Psal. 51.3, 4.2 Chron. 12.5, 6.
5. When they remain insensible under all the means. A stupid frame abides: it is called a spiritual slumber, Rom. 11.3. They can sit under the most awakening means, hear their sins declaimed against, and their danger laid open, and are no more concerned with it than the seats they sit on,