The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer

1. It is a costly mercy. That §1which enhanceth the price of it, is, 'tis the great fruit of Christs blood: Without shedding of blood is no remission^*; Christ did bleed out our pardon: he was not only a Lamb without spot, but a Lamb slain. Every pardon a sinner hath, is written in Christs blood.

1. It is a costly mercy. That §1which inhanceth the price of it, is, 'tis the great fruit of Christs blood: Without shedding of blood is no remission^*; Christ did bleed out our pardon: he was not onely a Lamb without spot, but a Lamb slaine. Every pardon a sinner hath, is written in Christs blood.

1. *Heb. 9.22.

2. It is a choice mercy. This §2jewel God hangs upon none but his Elect. 'Tis put into the Charter, I will forgive their iniquity; and I will remember their sin no more^*. This is an enriching ⟨p. 38⟩mercy, it entitles us to blessedness,² Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin. Of all the debts we owe, our sins are the worst; now to have the book cancelled, and God appeased; to hear God whisper by his Spirit, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven; I will not blot thy name out of my book, but I will blot thy sins out of my book: This is a mercy of the first magnitude. Blessed is that man; in the Original it is in the plural,