The truly blessed man

1. The pardoned man is one whose transgression is forgiven. The word, Transgression, signifies a ⟨p. 10⟩proud▪ rebellious, wilful breaking of the Law; or high-banded iniquity; and the word, Forgiven, signifies to take off from one; and is supposed to be a Metaphor from a burden which oppresseth one, by the removal whereof he is eased.

2. He is one whose sin is covered; the word, Sin, signifies an erring, or turning out of the right way; and is applicable to all Sin whatsoever, which is Anomy, 1 Joh. 3.4. the word, Covered, signifies, to hide a thing, by throwing something over it, that it may not be seen; and is a metaphor from the covering of nasty dirty things, that one is not willing should be taken notice of.

3. He is one to whom the Lord imputes not iniquity; the word, Iniquity, signifies that which is crooked or perverse; and is sometimes used to express Original Sin, which is the crookedness of our nature; and is often also applied to Actual Sin, which is called mans crooked way; and the word translated Impute, among many other significations of it is often used for reckoning or charging to ones account: and Sins are sometimes called Debts in Scripture.