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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. 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.
3. We cannot cordially confess other's sins, if we do not first confess our own. If we hide them, we do no• sincerely lay open others: There is not a greater sign of an Hypocrite, than to be busy about other mens Sins, and careless of our own, Mat. 7. begin If our own Sins do not humble us▪ we cannot be graciously affected with the Sins of other men: The High priest was to offer first for his own Sins, Heb. 7.27. Lev. 9.7. If we pray for others, being our selves under Guilt, God will not hear us.
3. We cannot cordially confess other's sins, if we do not first confess our own. If we hide them, we do no• sincerely lay open others: There is not a greater sign of an Hypocrite, than to be buisy about other mens Sins, and careless of our own, Mat. 7. begin If our own Sins do not humble us we cannot be graciously affected with the Sins of other men: The High priest was to offer first for his own Sins,