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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
The Truly Blessed Man: Or, the WAY to be Happy here, and for ever. › The Text Opened.
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. This blessed man is characterized; he is a pardoned man: where,
1. We have the nature of this pardon expressed in three particulars, in all of which Sin is considered as the thing about which this pardon is applied▪ set forth in divers names which are given it in the Word of God; and when he mentions sin indefinitely, it is to be understood of all sin: for one sin unpardoned, is enough to undermine and overthrow all the mans blessedness. Here then,
1. The pardoned man is one whose transgression is forgiven. The word, Transgression, signifies a ⟨p. 10⟩proud▪ rebellious, wilful breaking of the Law; or high-banded iniquity; and the word, Forgiven, signifies to take off from one; and is supposed to be a Metaphor from a burden which oppresseth one, by the removal whereof he is eased.
2. He is one whose sin is covered; the word, Sin, signifies an erring, or turning out of the right way; and is applicable to all Sin whatsoever, which is Anomy,