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

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.

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 wofully 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.

2. That the Word of God gives us a distinct account of divers of these. It not only mentions them to be such, but mentions the Dispensation towards them in the circumstances; for,