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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.
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.
1 It is our own Salvation that we are nextly and principally concerned about. We ought indeed to seek the Salvation of others, but nex•ly our own. Our love to our selves is the Rule of our love to others; and the first thing we have to do, is to see that the peace be made between God and us; now they are only our own sins that stand in the way of our Salvation: and if they be forgiven us, the Sins of other men shall not ruin us; and if we be reconciled to God, we shall certainly be saved; that is consolation enough, •at. 9.2. Thy Sins are forgiven thee.
1 It is our own Salvation that we are nextly and principally concerned about. We ought indeed to seek the Salvation of others, but nex•ly our own. Our love to our selves is the Rule of our love to others; and the first thing we have to do, is to see that the peace be made between God and us; now they are only our own sins that stand in the way of our Salvation: and if they be forgiven us, the Sins of other men shall not ruin us; and if we be reconciled to God, we shall ce••ainly be saved; that is consolation enough, •at. 9.2. Thy Sins are forgiven thee.
2. They are our own Sins that we shall be called to an account for in the Day of Judgment. We shall not answer for other mens Sins, farther than they were ours, Rom. 14.12. 2 Cor. 5.10. The Great Judgment will be personal, and God will proceed with all individuals as they shall be found. ⟨p. 212⟩Our business is, that we may stand in the Judgment; that we may hold up our heads with comfort in that day; that none of our Sins may then rise up against us.