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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.
7. This is done upon our believing in Christ; they that talk of an Eternal Justification, forget to distinguish between a purpose, a purchase, and the application of it to us, which are not to be confounded. It was purposed from Eternity, settled in the Covenant of Suretyship; it was purchased when Christ suffered in our stead, and confirmed to him in his Resurrection, Rom. 4.25. but it is conferred on us, and this translation actually made, on our believing in Christ, Rom. 3.22, 24. and when ⟨p. 94⟩it cometh to this, then sin is no more imputed to us; and now, and not till now is the man […] pardoned man.
7. This is done upon our believing in Christ; they that talk of an Eternal Justification, forget to distinguish between a purpose, a purchase, and the application of it to us, which are not to be confounded. It was purposed from Eternity, settled in the Covenant of Suretiship; it was purchased when Christ suffered in our stead, and confirmed to him in his Resurrection, Rom. 4.25. but it is conferred on us, and this translation actually made, on our believing in Christ, Rom. 3.22, 24. and when ⟨p. 94⟩it cometh to this, then sin is no more imputed to us; and now, and not till now is the man 〈…〉 pardoned man.
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