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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
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. You have not out sinned the virtue of Christ's Satisfaction. If you had arrived at that, you might well despair and die; but as long as there is virtue enough in that for your pardon, there is hope, and you should improve it; your sins have been horribly great, but Christ's merits are still greater. It would be a reproach to the value of Christ's oblation, if that could not buy off the greatest Sinner from Condemnation. If you could run on the score with revenging Justice, beyond his ability to make payment, how should he be one able to save to the uttermost? Remember, Christ paid an infinite price, and that which is so, cannot be out done.
1. You have not out sinned the vertue of Christ's Satisfaction. If you had arrived at that, you might well despair and dy; but as long as there is vertue enough in that for your pardon, there is hope, and you should improve it; your sins have been horribly great, but Christ's merits are still greater. It would be a reproach to the value of Christ's oblation, if that could not buy off the greatest Sinner from Condemnation. If you could run on the score with revenging Justice, beyond his ability to make payment, how should he be one able to save to the uttermost? Remember, Christ paid an infinite price, and that which is so, cannot be out done.
2. You have not so sinned, but that God can magnify his mercy in forgiving you. It will be no reproach to his Justice, because Christ hath done enough to answer that; and it will be a wonderful manifestation of his Grace: God will be for ever admired in your pardon and salvation; the more and more aggravated sins are forgiven you, the more will his kindness appear to you, and the more praises will be to his name for ever: and your love will be the more enlarged to him, because he hath forgiven you much, Luk. 7.47. and God highly prizeth the Attribute of his Grace.