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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.
VERSE 5. 5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I have not hid: I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my Sin. Selah.
IT now follows, that we consider of the course the Psalmist took to get relief against his distress, together with the success of it, laid down in this Verse. Here,
1. The way or course which he used for his help, was by Confessing of his Sin, which he here enlargeth upon in divers expressions. Where observe,
1. The subject matter of his confession, his sin: and this is set down in all the three words before used, in verse 1, 2.
2. The confession it self, amplified.