The truly blessed man

1 There are the Records of Heaven, or the Rolls of Eternity. And this is the first original authentic ⟨p. 252⟩Register of this forgiveness; and many times is past some while before the other: and is indeed nothing else but Gods gracious revoking the Sentence, and enrolling the man among the number of the pardoned; whereby, whether he know it or no, his state is secured, and he is put out of the danger, whatsoever fear and terrors may perplex his mind about it.

1 There are the Records of Heaven, or the Rolls of Eternity. And this is the first original authentick ⟨p. 252⟩Register of this forgiveness; and many times is past some while before the other: and is indeed nothing else but Gods gracious revoking the Sentence, and enrolling the man among the number of the pardoned; whereby, whether he know it or no, his state is secured, and he is put out of the danger, whatsoever fear and terrors may perplex his mind about it.

2. There is the Record of Conscience; which is the duplicate or transcript of the Original, signed, sealed, and witnessed by the Spirit of God in the Conscience of the person. A Copy of his pardon thus ratified is given to him, and he is made to read and believe it, as coming from God himself, and from whence resulteth the Testimony of Conscience, acquitting of us, 1 Joh. 3.21. If our heart condemn us not; &c. i. e. acquits us on good grounds: Now this God giveth to the man when he sees best: and this is more peculiarly aimed at in our Text, though not in separation from the former: for without that, this is a delusion, not is there any safety in an acquitting Conscience, so long as God condemneth us.

2. There is the Record of Conscience; which is the duplicate or transcript of the Original, signed, sealed, and witnessed by the Spirit of God in the Conscience of the person. A Copy of his pardon thus ratified is given to him, and he is made to read and believe it, as coming from God himself, and from whence resulteth the Testimony of Conscience, acquitting of us,