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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. Hence except your sins are covered, you are undone; if Sin rise up and appear against you, when you come to your trial, it will procure that Condemnation which will ruin you for ever, read the Sentence, and that will be enough to convince you of this, Mat. 25.34. Depart ye Cursed, &c. and is not he an undone man on whom this must pass? for as sure as you are Creatures, so certainly will it be executed, if once it proceed from the mouth of the Judge against you.
2. Hence except your sins are covered, you are undone; if Sin rise up and appear against you, when you come to your trial, it will procure that Condemnation which will ruine you for ever, read the Sentence, and that will be enough to convince you of this, Mat. 25.34. Depart ye Cursed, &c. and is not he an undone man on whom this must pass? for as sure as you are Creatures, so certainly will it be executed, if once it proceed from the mouth of the Judge against you.
3. There is no other way but this to have your Sin covered; you may seek to cover it out of sight by your secrecy, but you cannot so put ⟨p. 79⟩a blind upon the all seeing eve• You may endeavour to cover it with •oolish pretences and excuses, but he with whom you have to do is not so to be imposed upon; or you may think to hide it under a Repentance and Righteousness of •our own, but the Covering will be too short and too narrow; there is nothing but this Robe that can hide it out of Gods sight; Paul therefore was afraid of being found in his own righteousness, Phil. 3.9.