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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.
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5. That actual sins are not actually forgiven the man before they are committed. Every Justified Believer is under the moral Law as a Rule, though not as a Covenant; and so every neglect of, or doing any thing against the Law, is truly Sin, and stands in need of forgiveness: and for this reason they are enjoined to pray every day for it, Mat. 6.12. This saith they want it, else there would be no occasion to pray for it; and indeed all the sins we commit after believing, must go to Christ's score, else the Law would fall foul on us. This forgiveness must be taken out after the sin is committed; for if it were actually applied before, we need not go for it every day. God doth not, as the Pope, who pretends to be Christ's Vicar, give men Indulgences for sins to be committed so many years ⟨p. 148⟩hence: all the Indulgence he affords us is, if we s••, we have an Advocate, by whom we may obtain forgiveness, 1 Joh. 2 1, Besides, the way in which the Children of God come to obtain actual forgiveness, of the sins they fall into, is in the way of renewed Repentance, and Faith, and Godly Sorrow. David repented, and God forgave him: and a particular repentance cannot be, till the•• be the particular sin to be repented of.
5. That actual sins are not actually forgiven the man before they are committed. Every Justified Believer is under the moral Law as a Rule, though not as a Covenant; and so every neglect of, or doing any thing against the Law, is truly Sin, and stands in need of forgiveness: and for this reason they are enjoyned to pray every day for it, Mat. 6.12. This saith they want it, else there would be no occasion to pray for it; and indeed all the sins we commit after believing, must go to Christ's score, else the Law would fall foul on us. This forgiveness must be taken out after the sin is committed; for if it were actually applied before, we need not go for it every day. God doth not, as the Pope, who pretends to be Christ's Vicar, give men Indulgences for sins to be committed so many years ⟨p. 148⟩