The truly blessed man

7. Their present joys are truly happifying. There is that Consolation flowing down to the Soul from the sense and apprehension of pardon, which is ravishing; and none can tell what it is but he that hath it: a stranger cannot intermeddle with it. There is something like it in a Condemned Malefactor, when at the place of Execution, terrified and amazed at the apprehension of instant death, a pardon is sent him, and he is discharged; well might our Saviour preface that happy sentence, with such an encouragement, Mat. 9.2. Be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven; 'tis joy unspeakable and full of glory; and is not this blessedness?

7. Their present joyes are truly happifying. There is that Consolation flowing down to the Soul from the sense and apprehension of pardon, which is ravishing; and none can tell what it is but he that hath it: a stranger cannot intermeddle with it. There is something like it in a Condemned Malefactor, when at the place of Execution, terrified and amazed at the apprehension of instant death, a pardon is sent him, and he is discharged; well might our Saviour preface that happy sentence, with such an encouragement, Mat. 9.2. Be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven; 'tis joy unspeakable and full of glory; and is not this blessedness?

8. The pardoned sinner, shall without doubt be made a glorious Saint in Heaven Where God begins with forgiveness▪ he will end with Glorification. It was the Salvation of Sinners that Christ came to bring about, 1 Tim. 1.15. and it was to Save them from their sins that he was made a Jesus, Mat. 1.21. the first step of this Salvation is when he saves them from Condemnation by pardoning ⟨p. 21⟩