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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.
The Words Opened.
WE have been considering the Description of a Bl•ssed man, in respect of his Sin being pardoned, and of the evidence of it in the concomitancy of inherent Sanctification: We proceed now to the Exemplification of this in himself, given by the Psalmist in these two Verses and that which follows; wherein two things are to be observed,
1. The distress he was in by reason of his Sin. Vers. 3, 4.
2. The course he took to get relief against it, together with the good Success of it. Verse 5.
1. We have before us the distress he was in by reason of his Sin; in which also are two things.