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*. It was strange, his child newly dead, and God had told him, that the sword should not depart from his house, yet now he falls anointing himself: the reason was, David had heard good news, God sent him his pardon by Nathan the Prophet*, The Lord hath put away thy sin. This oil of gladness which God had now poured into his heart, made way for the anointing oil.
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 blessednesse,2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not his sinne. Of all the debts we owe, our sinnes are the worst; now to have the booke cancelled, and God appeased; to heare God whisper by his Spirit, Sonne, be of good chear, thy sinnes are forgiven; I will not blot thy name out of my book, but I will blot thy sinnes out of my book: This is a mercy of the first magnitude. Biessed is that man; in the Originall it is in the plurall, *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 himselfe ⟨p. 39⟩in his glory to Moses, it was after this manner, The Lord, the Lord, mercifull*. 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 kisse. This made David put on his best cloathes, and anoint himselfe*. It was strange, his childe newly dead, and God had told him, that the sword should not depart from his house, yet now he falls anointing himselfe: the reason was, David had heard good news, God sent him his pardon by Nathan the Prophet
