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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. 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, Psal. 119.7.62.76. Sin therefore, in violating them, withstands his Justice.
4. It is against his Goodness. All that the man hath, flows to him from this fountain; his being, his preservation, all the comforts of this life, all the protections and deliverances he hath, all the means of Salvation, and hopes of eternal life, are the fruits of Gods free benignity to him: & his service is but the acknowledgement which he requires of him, in respect of all this, which the Sinner denieth him, and so is a despiser of his goodness, Rom 2.4.