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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.
A. Much every way: in particular,
1. He is, in the Law account, as if he had never Sinned. For, whatever he hath been and […] the Law hath nothing to accuse him of; […] which cannot be proved, is in the Laws account a• if it were not, and that which is hidden cannot be proved: when once Sin is covered, there is none to accuse us, for if God will not, who shall? if he hath nothing to charge on us, we are safe: but he saith, I see no Iniquity in the person.
1. He is, in the Law account, as if he had never Sinned. For, whatever he hath been and 〈…〉 the Law hath nothing to accuse him of; 〈…〉 which cannot be proved, is in the Laws account a• if it were not, and that which is hidden cannot be proved: when once Sin is covered, there is none to accuse us, for if God will not, who shall? if he hath nothing to charge on us, we are safe: but he saith, I see no Iniquity in the person.
2. Hence he is out of the danger of Condemnation. Rom 8.1, 34. Condemnation is properly a Sentence past by the Judge, upon a person Convicted to be Guilty, dooming him to suffer penalty according to the mind of the Law: So that where there is no Guilt, there can be no Condemnation; and where there is no Transgression chargeable, there can be no Guilt found.
2. Hence he is out of the danger of Condemnation. Rom 8.1, 34. Condemnation is properly a Sentence past by the Judge, upon a person Convicted to be Guilty, dooming him to suffer penalty according to the mind of the Law: So that where there is no Guilt, there can be no Condemnation; and where there is no Transgression chargable, there can be no Guilt found.