4. I will forgive their Iniquity, and I will remember their Sins no more. 1Consider of this! Blessed are they whose Iniquities are forgiven, and whose Sins are covered. Consider O my soul, suppose thy case and thy condition thus: As thou livest under Laws of men, so for the transgression of those Laws thou art called to account; the Judge weighs, and gives an impartial and just judgment, he Dooms thee to the Axe, or Rack, or Wheel; and because of the aggravation of thy Crime, he commands thee to be tortured leisurely, that Bones, Sinews, Lights, Joints might be pained, for twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years; that so much of thy flesh should be cut off every day; that such and such a Bone should be broken, such and such a day; and that by art the flesh should be restored, and the Bone cured again; that for so many years as is said, thou mightest be kept every day dying, and yet never die; that all this while thou must have no Sleep, nor Ease, nor Food, nor Clothing convenient for thee; that Whips of Iron, Lashes and Scourges of Scorpions, that Racks, Wheels, Cauldrons full of melted Lead, should be prepared instruments of thy continual, horrible, terrible Torments; in this case, suppose a mighty Prince, by an Act of free and special Grace, should deliver thee from this Pain and Torture, and not only so, but should give thee a Life in perfect health, should put thee into a Paradise of Pleasures, where all the honour, acclamations, love, and service, of a world of Men and Angels should await thee, and where thou shouldst be elevated to the top of all imaginable Happiness, above Solomon in the highest Royalty, or Adam in his first Innocency; where not this mercy? wouldest thou not thing it the highest Act of Grace and Love, that any creature could extend to his fellow-creature? and yet O my Soul, all this is nothing but a shadow of grace in comparison of the love and rich grace of God in Christ in the justification of a sinner. If thou hast a right to this promise, I well forgive thy Iniquity, and I will remember thy sin no more. Thou art delivered from eternal Death, and thou art entitled to an eternal Kingdom; O know thy blessedness aright! Consider how infinitely thou art engaged to God, and Christ, and mercy, and free-grace! This promise sounds forth nothing but grace and blessing; grace from God, and blessing on us;
4. I will forgive their Iniquity, and I will remember their Sins no more. 1Consider of this! Blessed are they whose Iniquities are forgiven, and whose Sins are covered. Consider O my soul, suppose thy case and thy condition thus: As thou livest under Laws of men, so for the transgression of those Laws thou art called to account; the Judge weighs, and gives an impartial and just judgment, he Dooms thee to the Axe, or Rack, or Wheel; and because of the aggravation of thy Crime, he commands thee to be tortured leisurely, that Bones, Sinews, Lights, Joints might be pained, for twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years; that so much of thy flesh should be cut off every day; that such and such a Bone should be broken, such and such a day; and that by art the flesh should be restored, and the Bone cured again; that for so many years as is said, thou mightest be kept every day dying, and yet never die; that all this while thou must have no Sleep, nor Ease, nor Food, nor Cloathing convenient for thee; that Whips of Iron, Lashes and Scourges of Scorpions, that Racks, Wheels, Cauldrons full of melted Lead, should be prepared instruments of thy continual, horrible, terrible Torments; in this case, suppose a mighty Prince, by an Act of free and special Grace, should deliver thee from this Pain and Torture, and not only so, but should give thee a Life in perfect health, should put thee into a Paradise of Pleasures, where all the honour, acclamations, love, and service, of a world of Men and Angels should await thee, and where thou shouldst be elivated to the top of all imaginable Happiness, above Solomon in the highest Royalty, or Adam in his first Innocency; where not this mercy? wouldest thou not thing it the highest Act of Grace and Love, that any creature could extend to his fellow-creature? and yet O my Soul, all this is nothing but a shadow of grace in comparison of the love and rich grace of God in Christ in the justification of a sinner. If thou hast a right to this promise, I well forgive thy Iniquity, and I will remember thy sin no more. Thou art delivered from eternal Death, and thou art entitled to an eternal Kingdom; O know thy blessedness aright! Consider how infinitly thou art engaged to God, and Christ, and mercy, and free-grace! This promise sounds forth nothing but grace and blessing; grace from God, and blessing on us;
