The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin

First, They have a fresh, vigorous sense of Pardoning Mercy. According as this is in the Soul, so will its Love and delight in God, so will its Obedience be. As, I say, is the sense of Gospel-pardon, so will be the life of Gospel-love. Luke 7. 47. I say unto thee, saith our Saviour of the poor Woman, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, for she loved much, but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Her great love was an evidence of great forgiveness; and her great sense of it. For our Saviour is not rendering a reason of her forgiveness, as though it were for her Love, but of her Love, that it was because of her forgiveness. Having in the foregoing Parable from Verse 38. and onwards, convinced the Pharisees with whom he had to do, that he to whom most was forgiven would love most, as Verse 43. He thence gives an account of the great love of the Woman springing from the sense she had of the great forgiveness which she had so freely received. Thus sinners ⟨p. 242⟩at their first Conversion are very sensible of great forgiveness: Of whom I am chief, lies next their heart. This greatly subdues their hearts and spirits unto all in God, and quickens them unto all Obedience; even that such poor cursed sinners as they were, should so freely be delivered and pardoned. The love of God and of Christ in their forgiveness, highly conquers and constrains them to make it their business to live unto God.

First, They have a fresh, vigorous sence of Pardoning Mercy. According as this is in the Soul, so will its Love and delight in God, so will its Obedience be. As, I say, is the sence of Gospel-pardon, so will be the life of Gospel-love. Luke 7. 47. I say unto thee, saith our Saviour of the poor Woman, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, for she loved much, but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Her great love was an evidence of great forgiveness; and her great sence of it. For our Saviour is not rendring a reason of her forgiveness, as though it were for her Love, but of her Love, that it was because of her forgiveness. Having in the foregoing Parable from Verse 38. and onwards, convinced the Pharisees with whom he had to do, that he to whom most was forgiven would love most, as Verse 43. He thence gives an account of the great love of the Woman springing from the sence she had of the great forgiveness which she had so freely received. Thus sinners