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

THE instances of Gods forgiving any upon their hearty confessing their sins to him, should encourage others to hope for, and seek it of him in the same way. The very subjoining of this to what went before, intimates this truth; if we consider David as turning his speech to God, he doth, as it were, say, this is the honour thou shalt get, by doing thus graciously by me; thou shalt have more Customers, others when they hear of it, will be animated to seek to thee for mercy. The great incentive to this, is from the gracious discoveries that God hath made of himself in his Word, those alluring promises, with which he animates desponding Sinners to seek him; but yet his works also have a voice in them, and confirm his Word, by giving an example in which his Word is verified. Here take these conclusions.

THE instances of Gods forgiving any upon their hearty confessing their sins to him, should encourage others to hope for, and seek it of him in the same way. The very subjoyning of this to what went before, intimates this truth; if we consider David as turning his speech to God, he doth, as it were, say, this is the honour thou shalt get, by doing thus graciously by me; thou shalt have more Customers, others when they hear of it, will be animated to seek to thee for mercy. The great incentive to this, is from the gracious discoveries that God hath made of himself in his Word, those alluring promises, with which he animates desponding Sinners to seek him; but yet his works also have a voice in them, and confirm his Word, by giving an example in which his Word is verified. Here take these conclusions.

1. That there are many eminent instances of Gods pardoning mercy on Scripture record. He hath set up the monuments of it there, who, though they had been great Sinners, and many ways provoked his just displeasure, yet obtained mercy of him, or their humble submission, and hearty bemoaning themselves before him; and though there be no Saint recorded in the Book of God, who was ⟨p. 278⟩not an example of this, but for which they had never been saved, yet there are some who have a peculiar remark for this. What a great Sinner was Manasseh? how woefully did David defile himself? What a Chief Sinner had Paul been? What a prodigious fall was that of Peter? and yet we have the register of their obtaining forgiveness, with many more.