V'er. ~o . SERMoNs of the Forgivenefs of SINs. of a Benefit is correfpondcnt to the joyful Senfe of it, and the joyful according ro our langudhing longing after it. Fervent Prayer fo r ~he pardoning Mercy of God, and a frozen Acknowledgement of it, are utterly inconrifl:cm. There is no joy in the World fo fenfiblc and affect ing, as the Joy of one favcd from prefent Death. A condemned Man values and rejoices more in receiving two Lines where his Pardon is contained than in the Conveyance of a Kingdom. Hez.ekiab, when under thy Sentence of Dear!~ in his Sickncfs , how paffionare were his Addrclfes for Rccoyery ? How exttbcrant were his Joy a11d Thankfulnefs for his Refcue from peri01ing? ne living, the living, be fha/1 praife tbee, as I do this day. He rcfolvcs to renew the Pra1fcs of lus gracwus PrefCrvcr every day : ne Lord faved me; therefore we wilt jing my Songs to the f/ringed lnf/ruments all the Days of our Life, in tEe Houfe of the Lord. Had he fo qmck and warm a Scnfc of dw Divine Mercy that faved him from rhe Grave, how much more ardent fl10uld our Acknowledgments be for rhe faving us from Hell? If we have the Fecling of Sin, as we have of Sicknefs, and are as duly fenfible how much the L1fc of the Soul, our excellent and immortal Part, is to be preferred before the Life of the frail and pcrifl,_ ing ~ody, our Joy and Thankfulnefs would be in the highefl: Elevatio~, in re.mcmbring forgtving Mercy. This will be the Argument of the high and evcrlafhng Praile of God in Heaven. I fhall conclude with this Advice, Let us not content our fclves with verbal .1\cknow~ lcdgmcnrs of this real and glorious !'lenefir : Ler our Thankfgivi ng be joined with Thankfdoi ng ; then we 01all be accepted. Of this we have the mofl: comforting AITuPfal. 50. ult, ranee from God himfelf; He that offers Praife glorifies me: and to !Jim that orders IJ;S Converfation arigbt, I will fhew the Salvation of God. THE
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