The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

1. It it of unspeakable moment for us to know whether we are Pardoned or no. This discovery wi• give us light to know whether we are happy […] miserable: If our Sins are pardoned, then are we Delivered from our Judge, then are we At Pea• with God, then our own Consciences have the foundation of Peace in them: If forgiven then Justified, then are we found Righteous, and shall be adjudged to Eternal Life, then out of danger of all our Accusers, and we shall be able to stand […] the Judgment; and what a Blessedness is this• But if we are not forgiven, then we are Condemn ⟨p. 123⟩already, and the wrath of God abides on us; we have him for our Enemy, and all the Curses in his book are out against us, and pursuing of us to Everlasting Destruction, and is not this a Misery indeed? What case then can there be, that calls more loudly for a through resolution of it? You know that in your natural state you are Guilty and Condemned, and till you are pardoned, your own Consciences must say that you abide under the Sentence; and what quiet or comfort can you have whiles it is so? Can you but go in a fearful Expectation of the wrath of God to fall upon and devour you?

1. It it of unspeakable moment for us to know whether we are Pardoned or no. This discovery wi• give us light to know whether we are happy 〈…〉 miserable: If our Sins are pardoned, then are we Delivered from our Judge, then are we At Pea• with God, then our own Consciences have the foundation of Peace in them: If forgiven then Justified, then are we found Righteous, and shall be adjudged to Eternal Life, then out of danger of all our Accusers, and we shall be able to stand 〈…〉 the Judgment; and what a Blessedness is this• But if we are not forgiven, then we are Condemn ⟨p. 123⟩already, and the wrath of God abides on us; we have him for our Enemy, and all the Curses in his book are out against us, and pursuing of us to Everlasting Destruction, and is not this a Misery indeed? What case then can there be, that calls more loudly for a through resolution of it? You know that in your natural state you are Guilty and Condemned, and till you are pardoned, your own Consciences must say that you abide under the Sentence; and what quiet or comfort can you have whiles it is so? Can you but go in a fearful Expectation of the wrath of God to fall upon and devour you?