Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…

Thirdly, It is a constant view; What we have seen with our eyes might be quite razed out of our memories, but not out of Gods knowledge; and when God is said to remember our iniquities no more, it is not to be understood of real Oblivion, but gracious remission.

Fourthly, It is a judicial view; If we speak of the secret sins of an hypocrite or a wicked man, then God sets them in his sight, as a Judge sets before him the crimes of a Malefactor, that they may be read; he accused, convicted, and executed. If we speak of the secret sins of Gods ⟨p. 224⟩people, God sets them before him as a Father doth the miscarriages of his child, not to disinherit him for it, but to correct him and chastise him.

Fourthly, It is a judicial view; If we speak of the secret sins of an hypocrite or a wicked man, then God sets them in his sight, as a Judge sets before him the crimes of a Malefactor, that they may be read; he accused, convicted, and executed. If we speak of the secret sins of Gods ⟨p. 224⟩people, God sets them before him as a Father doth the miscarriages of his child, not to disinherite him for it, but to correct him and chastise him.

These are the properties of Gods viewing our secret sins, and shall not this move thee to watch against them, and abstain from them? Or hast thou not done that in secret in the sight of God, which thou wouldst have been ashamed to do openly in the sight of men? There are six comfortable expressions (among others) which the Scripture useth, to set forth Gods free pardon of our sins, viz. That he Casts them behind his back,