Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

3. See the Mercifulness of God to his Children, who blots their sins out of his book of Remembrance, and writes their good deeds in his book of Remembrance, Isa. 43.25. I, even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions: 'tis a Metaphor borrowed from a Creditor, who takes his pen and blots out the debt owing him; so saith God, I will blot out thy Transgressions. Or as the Hebrew carries it, I am blotting them out^*.

3. See the Mercifulness of God to his Children, who blots their sins out of his book of Remembrance, and writes their good deeds in his book of Remembrance, Isa. 43.25. I, even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions: 'tis a Metaphor borrow'd from a Creditor, who takes his pen and blots out the debt owing him; so saith God, I will blot out thy Transgressions. Or as the Hebrew carries it, I am blotting them out^*.

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God in forgiving sin passeth an act of Oblivion, Jer. 31.34. I will remember your sins no more. God will not upbraid his People with their former offences. We never read after Peter repented, that Christ upbraided him with his denial ⟨p. 149⟩of him. O the Heavenly indulgence and kindness of God to his People! he remembers every thing but their sins. He writes down their good Thoughts and speeches in a Merciful book of Remembrance; but their sins are as if they had never been, they are carried into the Land of Oblivion.