The truly blessed man

1. That if God impute Sin to any, he will condemn them for it; the Righteousness of God as a ⟨p. 89⟩Lawgiver and Judge calls for this. God cannot behold Iniquity in any, without detestation of it, Hab. 1.13. And the Sanction of the Law, by which he testifieth this detestation of his, is that which he hath bound himself unto. As therefore God will charge none but Guilty Sinners, and such as he will convince of Sin and Guilt, so he will doom them accordingly, for in this his Relative Justice manifests it self.

1. That if God impute Sin to any, he will condemn them for it; the Righteousness of God as a ⟨p. 89⟩Lawgiver and Judge calls for this. God cannot behold Iniquity in any, without detestation of it, Hab. 1.13. And the Sanction of the Law, by which he testifyeth this detestation of his, is that which he hath bound himself unto. As therefore God will charge none but Guilty Sinners, and such as he will convince of Sin and Guilt, so he will doom them accordingly, for in this his Relative Justice manifests it self.

2. That if God do thus condemn, he will proceed to Execution according to it. He will be as good as his Word, and the Condemned Sinner shall find it so to his cost. God saith as he meaneth, and will therefore do as he faith. When God had past a fearful doom upon Saul for his disobedience, we find what a Seal he clapped upon that Sentence, 1 Sam. 15.29. The strength of Israel will not lie or repent. True, there is room at present, under the Gospel, to have the Sentence reversed by a free pardon; but if this be neglected, and the person comes thus to the bar of Justice at last, he must feel the Execution.