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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 › Gods readiness to forgive on Penitent Confession. DOCTRINE.
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.
2. To the greatest of Sins. This is consequent on the former, yet hath its peculiar remarks. Look no farther than the instance of David: how grievous were his Sins which he perpetrated in his Murder and Adultery? and this is supposed to be the very case on which he makes this precious remark in our Text. And were not Manasseh's Sins also of the biggest size, and yet were forgiven him.
2. To the greatest of Sins. This is consequent on the former, yet hath its peculiar remarks. Look no farther than the instance of David: how grievous were his Sins which he perpetrated in his Murder and Adultery? and this is supposed to be the very cise on which he makes this precious remark in our Text. And were not Manasseh's Sins also of the biggest size, and yet were forgiven him.
3. To those that have abused his best and greatest favours. Guilt is highly aggravated by Sinning against strong obligations laid on men by God to Serve him; when he hath done for them, as Hos. 11.3. When he hath taken them into Covenant with himself, and they have dealt falsely in it; and yet to such is the offer made, Jer. 3. begin. and it is introduced with a mark of wonderment. We see how God by the Prophet expostulateth with David, 2 Sam. 12.7, 8. And yet how readily is he forgiven? vers. 13.
4. To those that have lain long in Sin, and multiplied rebellion against him: That have been stiff, refractory, and refused to return; have stopped their ears at calls and counsels, and run on in their obstinacy, Manasseh also was such an one,