The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Thou hast made me serve with thy sins, and wearied me with thy rebellions, but I, even I, am he that blotteth out all thine iniquities, and will remember thy transgressions no more: The Lord takes notice of this; are there any wicked? they are as bad; are there any vile? they are as sinful; they tired God with their wickedness: All you poor drunkards, you try God with your drunkenness; you profaners of the Lords day, you tire God with your profanations; and you swearers, you try Christ Jesus with your oaths and hideous blasphemies that you belch forth against him upon all occasions: you would wonder that God should save such as you, and truly so you may well enough; for it is a wonder, it is a miracle indeed; but if you can go out of your selves, and sins, and go unto Christ and rest upon him, the Lord saith, I will blot out all those abominations of yours: and Ezekiel 33.32. compare both those places together, I will forget all your sins, even for mine own names sake: as who should say, it is not for your sakes; no, no, be it known to those stout hearts of yours, it is not for your parts, or gifts, or graces, no nor it is not for all the services ⟨p. 126⟩we can discharge, but it is only for mine own Names sake that I will pardon you, and remember your sins no more, remember thy pride and stubbornness no more, remember thy profaneness no more, remember thy vanity and looseness no more; remember thou to be humbled, and the Lord will never remember thy sins any more: Satan it may be will come in and accuse thee, here is a Sabbath-breaker, Lord condemn him: no more of that, Satan, saith God, Christ hath suffered and satisfied for him; no more therefore of that, let me hear no more of those things, I have forgotten them, saith God, this will cheer a mans heart at that great day.

Thou hast made mee serve with thy sinnes, and wearied mee with thy rebellions, but I, even I, am hee that blotteth out all thine iniquities, and will remember thy transgressions no more: The Lord takes notice of this; are there any wicked? they are as bad; are there any vile? they are as sinnefull; they tired God with their wickednesse: All you poore drunkards, you trie God with your drunkennesse; you prophaners of the Lords day, you tire God with your prophanations; and you swearers, you trie Christ Iesus with your oaths and hidious blasphemies that you belch forth against him upon all occasions: you would wonder that God should save such as you, and truly so you may well enough; for it is a wonder, it is a miracle indeed; but if you can goe out of your selves, and sinnes, and goe unto Christ and rest upon him, the Lord saith, I will blot out all those abominations of yours: and