Consider, The vast Blessings and Comforts which a Pardon is accompanied ⟨p. 38⟩withal. Tis an iterated Exclamation about a pardoned Man. in Psal. 3•. 1, 2. O the Blessednesses of such a man There are Blessednesses in this Life which a pardon will bring unto us. A pardon will be the Sugar of all our mercies. This was that which made Health, to be Health indeed unto Hezekiah; he could not only say, I a• alive and Healthy! but he could say therewithal, as in Isai. 38.17. Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. A Pardon will also be the sweetener of al• our Troubles. It will be a piece o• wood from the Cross of our Lord Jesus, to dulcify the waters of Marah, which are usually so bitter to us When a man lay sick of a sore Disease, this Word was enough to make his Bed for ever easy to him, in Mat. 9.3. Son, be of good Cheer, thy Sins […] Forgiven thee. But there are more marvellous Blessednesses which a pardon brings in the Life to come. 'Tis a Link which the Apostle finds, in ⟨p. 39⟩(that which the Ancients call) The Golden Chain of Salvation, Rom. 8. 30. Whom he Justified, Them he also Glorified. There is no less than a Kingdom to follow upon a Pardon. Tho' the Sinner were here in the Fetters of Affliction, yet his very Chains will be turned into Crowns, when once a Pardon has made him capable thereof. O 'Tis well worth your while, to be in Earnest, about so Desirable a Thing as this! What shall I say more? A Malefactor once receiving Sentence of Death, did with a most Earnest Noise cry to the Judge for mercy; and being rebuked, for being so clamorous, replied, Why, it is for my life, it is for my Life l and shall not I be in Earnest for it? So, and more than that, may I say concerning a Pardon from the Hands of God; Seek it; it is for the life of a precious and Immortal Soul, which is worth your being in Earnest for it.
Consider, The vast Blessings and Comforts which a Pardon is accompanied ⟨p. 38⟩withal. Tis an iterated Exclamation about a pardoned Man. in Psal. 3•. 1, 2. O the Blessednesses of such a man There are Blessednesses in this Life which a pardon will bring unto us. A pardon will be the Sugar of all our mercies. This was that which made Health, to be Health indeed unto Hezekiah; he could not only say, I a• alive and Healthy! but he could say therewithal, as in Isai. 38.17. Thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. A Pardon will also be the sweetner of al• our Troubles. It will be a piece o• wood from the Cross of our Lord Jesus, to dulcifle the waters of Marah, which are usually so bitter to us When a man lay sick of a sore Disease, this Word was enough to make his Bed for ever easy to him, in Mat. 9.3. Son, be of good Cheer, thy Sins 〈…〉 Forgiven thee. But there are more marvellous Blessednesses which a pardon brings in the Life to come. 'Tis a Link which the Apostle finds, in ⟨p. 39⟩(that which the Ancients call) The Golden Chain of Salvation, Rom. 8. 30. Whom he Justified, Them he also Glorified. There is no less than a Kingdom to follow upon a Pardon. Tho' the Sinner were here in the Fetters of Affliction, yet his very Chains will be turned into Crowns, when once a Pardon has made him capable thereof. O 'Tis well worth your while, to be in Earnest, about so Desirable a Thing as this! What shall I say more? A Malefactor once receiving Sentence of Death, did with a most Earnest Noise cry to the Judge for mercy; and being rebuked, for being so clamorous, replyed, Why, it is for my life, it is for my Life l and shall not I be in Earnest for it? So, and more than that, may I say concerning a Pardon from the Hands of God; Seek it; it is for the life of a precious and Immortal Soul, which is worth your being in Earnest for it.
