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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. That we are here to take Righteousness in a Law ••nse, as it is opposed to Guilt. The word is sometimes taken in a moral sense, and is then restrained […] a personal inherent Righteousness, which is, •hen a mans whole life, and all his actions do in very tittle square with the Rule to which he owes Obedience, and in this sense there is none Righteous […] not one, of Adams natural posterity, born by ordinary Generation. But in a Law sense, a man is […] pronounced righteous, when he is found not ••ilty. Guilt is an obligation to suffer penalty for […] breach of some Law, every one who, upon […], is exempted from such an obligation, is clear, […] the Law saith▪ he is righteous, in this sense •nd may understand that, Rom. 6.14. Sin hath no ••minion over us, for we are not under the Law: for […] then hath dominion over the man, when it ••elds him under Guilt and Condemnation.
1. That we are here to take Righteousness in a Law ••nse, as it is opposed to Guilt. The word is some••mes taken in a moral sense, and is then restrained 〈…〉 a personal inherent Righteousness, which is, •hen a mans whole life, and all his actions do in very tittle square with the Rule to which he owes Obedience, and in this sense there is none Righteous 〈…〉 not one, of Adams natural posterity, born by •rdinary Generation. But in a Law sense, a man is 〈…〉 pronounced righteous, when he is found not ••ilty. Guilt is an obligation to suffer penalty for 〈…〉 breach of some Law, every one who, upon 〈…〉, is exempted from such an obligation, is clear, the Law saith he is righteous, in this sense nd may understand that,