The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Fifthly, Christ gives Pardon of sin, and do you know what a mercy that is? Ask the troubled soul, ask the soul that knows what it means to lye under the wrath of the Almighty, and he will tell you that pardon of sin is a gift more worth then a thousand worlds. Now that pardon of sin is a gift of God, you may see in Acts 5. 31. Him hath God exalted ^*with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour to give Repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins: So in Acts 26. 18. Ah souls! of all mercies pardoning mercy is the most necessary mercy. I may to Heaven without honours, and without riches, and without the smiles of creatures: But I can never to Heaven without pardoning mercy. ²A man may be great and graceless, he may be rich and miserable, he may be honourable and damnable, &c. But he cannot be a pardoned soul, but he must be a very blessed soul. ^†Psal. 32. 1, 2. It entitles souls to all blessedness, it puts the Royal Crown upon their heads. Of all mercies, pardoning mercy is the most sweetening mercy, 'tis a choice Jewel, and swims to the soul in blood, Heb. 9. 22. 'Tis a mercy that makes all other mercies to look like mercies, and taste like mercies, and work like mercies; and the want of it takes off the glory and beauty of all a mans mercies, and makes his life a very hell. Pardon of sin is a voluminous mercy, a mercy that ha's many precious mercies in the womb of it: You may well call it Gad, for it ushers in Troops of mercy. When you can number the sands of the sea, and tell the Stars of heaven, then, and not till then shall you be able to recount the mercies that attend pardoning mercy. He that ha's this mercy, cannot be miserable; he that wants it, cannot be happy; get this, and get all; miss this, and miss all; this is a gift conferred only upon Christs favourites. Son be ⁴