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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 › Right Confession, its nature and usefulness. DOCTRINE. › Proposition 5: PROPOSITION V.
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2. As we are concerned for them. There is • ⟨p. 211⟩duty of love that we owe to our Neighbour, and among other ways in which we are to express it, one is to pray for them, and particularly that their Sins may be forgiven, Jam. 5.16. We should desire their Salvation, and as long as they lie in sin, and are not converted and healed, they are far from it; it may be they are hard hearted, and do not see or confess their own sins, we should do it for them, and beg that God would give them an hea•• to see, bewail, and acknowledge them to him […] did Moses on the account of them, Exod. 32.31. But our first and great business is about our own Sins, such as we have contracted Guilt to our selves by; for,
2. As we are concerned for them. There is • ⟨p. 211⟩duty of love that we owe to our N•ighbour, and among other ways in which we are to express it, one is to pray for them, and particularly that their Sins may be forgiven, Jam. 5.16. We should desire their Salvation, and as long as they ly in sin, and are not converted and healed, they are far from it; it may be they are hard hearted, and do not see or confess their own sins, we should do it for them, and beg that God would give them an hea•• to see, bewail, and acknowledge them to him 〈…〉 did Moses on the account of them, Exod. 32.31. But our first and great business is about our own Sins, such as we have contracted Guilt to our selves by; for,