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GoJpel
kmáfsion.
Book to
a
Blie.ver,
and
caufes
him
to
fee
all his
debts blotted
out
;
and
by
that
he
certainly
allures the
Soul
his debt
shall
ne-
ver
be
called
for
again
,
this
is
fuch
a
mercy
as
is
Irrevo-
cable, it fhall not
be
brought
back
again
,
the debt
being once
paid
shall
never more
be called
for
;
this
is
the firft expreffion,
and
it
is
a
bleffed one
:
Many
men
that are run into debt,
and
are
in
danger every
hour
to
have
fome
Bayliffs
arreft
them,
they
cannot look
out
of
their doors,
but
they
are ready
to
fall
upon
them
;
they
would think themfelves
happy,
if
they might
have any
that
would
come and
lay
down
all,
and
fatisfie
the
debt,
and
that they might
fee
the
debt
blotted out, they would
think
themfelves
happy indeed
:
Well,
know that
it
is
fo
with
God
when he comes
to pardon
fin,
the
Debt
-book
is
blotted
out,
and
all
Bonds
cancell'd.
Secondly,
Though
they
be
blotted out,
yet
they may
be
before
Gods
face,
and
God
may
fee
them, though
he
will not
call
for
them
again
:
therefore
the
Scripture
tells
us, that
God
will
take
that
courfe
with the
fins
of
Believers,as
that
he will
caft
them
be-
hind his back
,
and
never
fo
much
as
lay the debt before
his
face
to
look
upon
them, Ifa. 38.
17. Thou
hAft
caft
all
my
fins
behind thy back,; that
which Hezekáah
fpake
of himfelf,
is
true
of
every
believing foul
,
God
cafts the
fins
of
every
Believer
behind
his back
;
when
a
man cafts
a
thing
behind his
back,
he
does it
to
that
end,
that
he
might take no
farther
notice
of
it
;
but
though God
cans
a
mans
fins
behind
his back,
yet
if
they
be
not
very far,
he may eafily
turn
his face and
look
upon them
when he
will
:
therefore
mark
further,
Thirdly,
Another
Scripture
exprejon,Pfal.103. o.
As
far
as
the
Eaft
is
from
the Weft, fo
far
bath
he
removed
our
tranfgrcf-
ons
from
au
;
thus
God
expreffeth
himfelf,
to
fatisfie
the
fouls
of
his
people
,
that
their
fins
fhall
never
be
called for
again
;
the
Eaft
and
Weft,
it
is
an
expreflion to
note
out
the
utmofl di-
ftance
;
the
Eaft
and
Weft
are
fo
remote,
thit
thofe two Points
can
never come
together
:
fo
the
fins
that
God
has
pardoned to
any
foul, they
Mall never be called
for
again.
Fourthly,Though
they
be
removed
as
far
as the
Eaft
is
from
the
Weft;
yet
Gods
eyes
may
l00%,a
great
way
off.,
though
thofe
Points
be at
fo
great
a
diftance
to our eyes,
yet not
fo
to the
eye
of
God
a