1. As for the first particular, I, even • am he; we may observe, That God seems more to triumph in the Glory o• his pardoning Grace and Mercy, tha• he doth in any other of his Attributes I, even I am he: Such a stately Preface must needs usher in somewhat wherein God and his Honour is much advanced. Is it therefore, I am he that spread forth the Heavens, and marshalled all their Host, that hang up the Earth in the midst of the Air, that breathed forth all the Creatures upon the face of it, that poured out the great Deeps, and measured them all in the hollow of my hand, that ride upon the wings of the Wind, and make the Clouds the Dust of my Feet. This though it might awe and amuse the hearts of Men, yet God counts it not his chiefest Glory; ⟨p. 5⟩but, I, even I am he, that blotteth out Transgression, and forgive Iniquities. So we find, when God condescended to show Moses his Glory, he proclaims, not the Lord Great and Terrible, that formed all things by the Word of his Mouth, and can destroy all things by the Breath of his Nostrils: No, but he passeth before him with a still voice, and proclaims himself to be, The Lord, the Lord God Gracious and Merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. So that when God would be seen in his chiefest State and Glory, he reveals himself to be a sin-pardoning God; I, even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions, and will not remember thy sins.
1. As for the first particular, I, even • am he; we may observe, That God seems more to triumph in the Glory o• his pardoning Grace and Mercy, tha• he doth in any other of his Attributes I, even I am he: Such a stately Preface must needs usher in somewhat wherein God and his Honour is much advanced. Is it therefore, I am he that spread forth the Heavens, and martial'd all their Host, that hang up the Earth in the midst of the Air, that breath'd forth all the Creatures upon the face of it, that poured out the great Deeps, and measur'd them all in the hollow of my hand, that ride upon the wings of the Wind, and make the Clouds the Dust of my Feet. This though it might awe and amuse the hearts of Men, yet God counts it not his chiefest Glory; ⟨p. 5⟩but, I, even I am he, that blotteth out Transgression, and forgive Iniquities. So we find, when God condescended to shew Moses his Glory, he proclaims, not the Lord Great and Terrible, that formed all things by the Word of his Mouth, and can destroy all things by the Breath of his Nostrils: No, but he passeth before him with a still voice, and proclaims himself to be, The Lord, the Lord God Gracious and Merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. So that when God would be seen in his chiefest State and Glory, he reveals himself to be a sin-pardoning God; I, even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions, and will not remember thy sins.
