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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.
Conclu. 2. That uprightness of heart is an inseparable qualification of such a righteous one. All that are righteous in an Evangelical •ense, are also upright in heart: Though the Psalmist ⟨p. 592⟩doth not intend the same thing in these two expressions, yet he aims at the same person ▪ he doth not speak of two sorts of men. When the word, Righteous, is used alone, it comprehends both frequently, but when both are put together, they must be taken distributively. Here then let us enquire.
Conclu. 2. THat uprightness of heart is an inseparable qualification of such a righteous one. All that are righteous in an Evangelical •ense, are also upright in heart: Though the Psalmist ⟨p. 592⟩doth not intend the same thing in these two expressions, yet he aims at the same person ▪ he doth not speak of two sorts of men. When the word, Righteous, is used alone, it comprehends both frequently, but when both are put together, they must be taken distributively. Here then let us enquire.
1. What is the Uprightness of heart here intended?