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GoJel

Remi

Sion.

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 main

bufinefs

we

have

to

do,

is

to

Phew

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

Pardon

of

Sin,

which appears

z.

Nega.

tively

in

the

Eril

it

frees

usfrom..

z..

`gr

Hat

,

that

bath

been

lately delivered

of

the

Evil

of

Sin,

may

be

of

great

concernment

to

difcover

where-

in

the

bleffednefs

of

pardon

of

fin

lyes,

the deliverance

from

fo

great

an

evil

,

as

you heard,

the

evil

of

fin was

furely,

Bided

is

the

man

whofe

fins are

forgiven.

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

man

or

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

blefred

man,

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

of

fin

is, and

that

underftands fomewhat

of

the

dreadful

evil

of

it

:

I

would

ask

of

thee

Oh

poor

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