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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.
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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, 1 Joh. 3.4. the word, Covered, signifies, to hide a thing, by throwing something over it, that it may not be seen; and is a metaphor from the covering of nasty dirty things, that one is not willing should be taken notice of.
3. He is one to whom the Lord imputes not iniquity; the word, Iniquity, signifies that which is crooked or perverse; and is sometimes used to express Original Sin, which is the crookedness of our nature; and is often also applied to Actual Sin, which is called mans crooked way; and the word translated Impute, among many other significations of it is often used for reckoning or charging to ones account: and Sins are sometimes called Debts in Scripture.
2. We have the evidence of this pardon set down, with respect to the subject of it, he is one in whose spirit there is no guile; the word, Guile, signifies, fraud, falsehood, and deceit; and is here taken for Hypocrisy, in opposition to truth and integrity.
2. We have the evidence of this pardon set down, with respect to the subject of it, he is one in whose spirit there is no guile; the word, Guile, signifies, fraud, falshood, and deceit; and is here taken for Hypocrisy, in opposition to truth and integrity.