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

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, ^*Blessednesses. Hast thou but one blessing, my father, saith^* Esau? lo, here a plurality, a whole chain of blessings. Pardon of sin is a voluminous mercy, there are many mercies bound up with it. You may name it Gad, for behold a troop comes^*. When God pardons a sinner•, now he puts on (if I may so speak) his brightest robe: Therefore when he would proclaim himself ⟨p. 39⟩in his glory to Moses, it was after this manner, The Lord, the Lord, merciful^*. His mercy is his glory: and if you read a little further, you shall see it was no other then pardoning mercy^*, Forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, &c. 'Tis an high act of indulgence. God seals the sinners pardon with a kiss. This made David put on his best clothes, and anoint himself