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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 6: PROPOSITION VI.
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2. That we address God humbly for forgiveness. He indeed giveth it freely, yet he will have the Sinner humbly petition him for it, Ezek. 36.37. I will be sought to by the house of Israel to do this for them. God must give us the Grace rightly to seek him; his preventing mercy is first in this work; but yet he cometh in this way. He first maketh ⟨p. 231⟩the Sinner sensible of his misery, and with it revealeth the remedy, and stirreth him up to petition his favour; and in this way he applieth the pardon to him: and how else should he be acknowledged the forgiver of it?
2. That we address God humbly for forgiveness. He indeed giveth it freely, yet he will have the Sinner humbly petition him for it, Ezek. 36.37. I will be sought to by the house of Israel to do this for them. God must give us the Grace rightly to seek him; his preventing mercy is first in this work; but yet he cometh in this way. He first maketh ⟨p. 231⟩the Sinner sensible of his misery, and with it revealeth the remedy, and stirre•h him up to petition his favour; and in this way he applyeth the pardon to him: and how else should he be acknowledged the forgiver of it?
3. That hence we Celebrate his Justice in Condemning us. The way for us to obtain Gods pardon, is not only to come to him for it, but to c•me with ropes on our heads, making it to appear that […] only know our selves under a Sentence of Death, but that he would be righteous if he should execute it upon us, Dan. 9.8