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G
,
el
.
emï
f
pion.
°
on
;
old things are-done
away,
and
he comes to
be
feated
ita:the
new creation
in
Chrift this
is
the
fiat
thing wherein
a
man
or
woman
is
bleffed,
Negatively,
in
being
delivered
from
fo
great
an evil.
2.
Of
the
Pofitive
Bleffednef
s
of
the
Pardon
of
Sin.
Secondly, Pofitively,
he
is a bleffed
man
whofe
fins
are for-
given,
if
we confider,
the
excellency
of
that
mercy God makes
that
foul
partaker
of, whofe
fins
are
forgiven,
Dan.9.9.
To thee
Lord
our God belong
mercies
and
forgi
eerieffes,
forgivenefs
is
the
fruit
of
glorious mercies, Exod
.34.6.
The
Lord
is
merciful
and
gracious,
long
offering
and
abundant
in
goodnefs
and
truth,
keeping mercy
for
thoufands
forgiving
iniquity.Now
I
(hall
open
this pofitively,and thew the riches
of
mercy
in
forgivenefs
of
`fire
When
the
Scripture applyes mercy
to forgivenefs
of
fin,
it
bath
divers
expreflìons,
fometimes
calls
it riches
of
mercy,
Eph.1.`7.
fometimes,
plenteous mercy,
Pfal.
86.8.
fometimes,Gods
fulnef
of
cart,
paff
on,
Pfal.78.3
8.
Corn
etimes,multirude
of
mercies, Pfal.
5
r.
T.
I
might
give divers
other
places, but
thefe may
fuffice ;
it
is
rich,
plenteous,
fulnefs
of
compaílìons,
and
multitude
of
mercies
;
When
God
forgives fin,
he
thews mercies
in
all
thefe
expreflìons.
For
the opening of
it
unto you,
I
fhall (hew you
what
abundance
of
mercy
God
thews
in
the
forgivenefs
of
fin,
confider
mercy
a.
In
the Efficient,
2.
In
the
Final
caufe
of
it,
1.
Of
the Efficient
Caufe
of
Mercy
in
forgivenefr
of
Sin.
Firft
for the
Efficient
Caufe
:
there
is
abundance
of
mercy
God
manifefts
in
the
forgivenefs
of
fin
,
he abounds in his
mercy,
there
is
a
Sea,
an
infinite vaft Ocean
ofmercy,
in
which
the
fins
of
the Ele&
come to
be
fwallowed
up, though their
fins
be
many,
and
great,
and
committed with many grievous
aggra-
vations
:
yet when they
comb,to
an
a&
of
JuAification,to
God,to
be
forgiven
;
fay, God
comes
to the
foul
a
an
infinite
Ocean
of
mercy, that
(wallows up
all
the
evil
in
fin,
attend
unto
it.
Look
as
in
the
mighty Ocean, whether you
cart in
a
load
or
a
thovell
full
of
earth
, the vaft Ocean
makes
little
difference
of
either