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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.
1. It is against his Sovereignty. God must needs be the Creatures Sovereign, for it is entirely his; he is whole owner of it; and then he may command it; he thinks it reason enough to ratify any of his precepts by saying, I am the Lord. Now the sinner, by every sin, practically rejecteth this Sovereignty: hence sin is called Rebellion Isa. 1.2. and 63.10.
2. It is against his Holiness. All Gods commands are the results of his Holiness, the Command is ⟨p. 471⟩holy, and just, and good, Rom. 7.12. He shows himself an holy God, in that he hath established his Government on such Laws, Sin therefore is a setting one self against his holiness.
2. It is against his Holiness. All Gods commands are the results of his Holiness, the Command is ⟨p. 471⟩holy, and just, and good, Rom. 7.12. He shews himself an holy God, in that he hath established his Government on such Laws, Sin therefore is a setting one self against his holiness.
3. It is against his Righteousness. The command was the Rule of Righteousness which God gave man, and on which he grounded his Relative Justice, in that special Government which he exerciseth over man, called therefore his righteous judgements,