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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. By exactly performing the Righteousness which the Law required of us, for us. The Law promised life to perfect Obedience; this was the tenure on which man was to enjoy happiness, and in no other way. Christ obeyed this Command, to procure the life for us, which […] had forfeited; for though we are commanded personal Obedience, ⟨p. 590⟩by the New Covenant, yet not as the Law condition of life; nor can we challenge it for our so doing, it we could so do; the possession is purchased, Eph. 1.14.
1. By exa•tly performing the Righteousness which the Law required of us, for us. The Law promised life to perfect Obedience; this was the tenure on which man was to enjoy happiness, and in no other way. Christ obeyed this Command, to procure the life for us, which 〈…〉 had forfeited; for though we are commanded personal Obedience, ⟨p. 590⟩by the New Covenant, yet not as the Law condition of life; nor can we challenge it for our so doing, it we could so do; the possession is purchased, Eph. 1.14.
2. By expiating our Guilt. Christ not only suffered, but he bore our penalty in it, Isa. 53.4, 5, 6▪ He could not suffer for his own sins, because he had none, and if he suffered for us, it was by some relation to us; and that must be as our Surety and Representative. Now when Justice hath taken its satisfaction of the Surety, it cannot come upon the Principal; and that Christ did not only suffer for us, but satisfy Justice by it, is evident,