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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
Sermon › Doctrine 2: Guilt apprehended, Distressing to Gods Children. DOCTRINE II.
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. That Justification, in which Sin is pardoned, is not an eternal and immanent, but a temporary and transient act. They that talk of an Eternal Justification, mistake the Scripture notion of it. True, in the Eternal Compact between God the Father, and Son, there were those given to the Son, whom he was in due time to Redeem and Justify, Isa. 53.11. And so this was secured for them, and when Christ Rose from the Dead, he was, as our Surety, Justified, 1 Tim. 3.16. And so there was a Justification taken out for us, Rom. 4.25. But the actual application of it to us is upon our believing, Rom. 5.1. There is an act of God, which passeth upon the Sinner, whereby his Guilt is taken off from him, and this is part of that which the Scripture calls Justification. And therefore before t•at we are counted Children of Wrath, Eph. 2.3. The thing was made sure before, but we must be ⟨p. 146⟩in Christ before we pass from Condemnation, Rom. 8.1.
2. That Justification, in which Sin is pardoned, is not an eternal and immanent, but a temporary and transient act. They that talk of an Eternal Justification, mistake the Scripture no•ion of it. True, in the Eternal Compact between God the Father, and Son, there were those given to the Son, whom he was in due time to Redeem and Justify, Isa. 53.11. And so this was secured for them, and when Christ Rose from the Dead, he was, as our Surety, Justified, 1 Tim. 3.16. And so there was a Justification taken out for us,