GoJel RemiSion. remifl.ïon of our fins , if the Scripture places bleffednefs in the remiflion of fin : That it is fo, I fuppofe is clear enough, the mainbufinefs we have to do, is toPhew how it is fo ; that is, to open unto you wherein the bleffednefs of the pardon of fin confifts, and thew you in what particulars the bleffed- nefs of pardon of fin may appear unto you : and to that there are many things may be Paid. . CHAP. II. Of the Bleffednefsof the PardonofSin, which appears z. Nega. tively in the Eril it frees usfrom.. z.. `grHat , that bath been lately delivered of the Evil of Sin, may be of great concernment to difcover where- in the bleffednefs of pardonof fin lyes, the deliverance from fo great an evil , as you heard, the evil of fin was furely, Bided is the man whofe fins areforgiven. If fin be fo dread- ful an evil as you heard, furely, Bleffed is the man that is delivered from all that evil ; if it remain frefh upon your minds, what the evil of fin againf} God was, and what it brought upon your felves ; you cannot but fay, this is one principal thing wherein it appears, that man or woman is bleffed that bath his fin pardoned : If any manor woman be in any great danger, or under any great evil or mifery ; and if he be delivered from it , we fay, that man is a blefredman, or a bleffed woman that is quit from fuch a woful evil that was upon them ; you account your felves happy to be deli- vered from any dangerous (forms , and to have a calm ; Are not they then happy that are delivered from the evil of fin ? Let me (peak a little to a poor finner that underftands what the meaning offin is, and that underftands fomewhat of the dreadful evil of it : I would ask of thee Ohpoor ftrner ; What feeft thou ? the anfwer will be, What fee I i? Oh I fee the angry Countenance of an Infinite God againft me, whofe eyes are as a flaming fire Iooking with indignation upon me ! I fee
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