...ground, that to forgive sins properly, • The form of ordering ofpriesti. b Isai. chap. 48. ver. 11. directly and absolutely, is a privilege only appertaining...alone ?" And therefore, when David saith unto God, " Thouf forgavest the iniquity of my sin ;" Gregory, surnamed the Great, the first bishop of Rome of...

...48. ver. 1 1. directly and absolutely, is a privilege only appertaining unto the Most High. " Ie," saith he of himself, " even I am he that blotteth...alone ?" And therefore, when David saith unto God, " Thouf forgavest the iniquity of my sin ;" Gregory, surnamed the Great, the first bishop of Rome of...

...chap. 48. ver. 1 1. directly and absolutely, is a privilege only appertaining unto the Most High. " lc" saith he of himself, " even I am he that blotteth...which in effect is the same with that of the Scribes, "Who8 can forgive sins, but God alone?" And therefore, when David saith unto God, " Thouf forgavest...

...hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities." But, " I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins." Isa. 43 : 24, 25. Second, God writes upon thy pardon, full, as well as free ; the pardon extends to...

...punishment in hell. But, after such base conduct, Oh, hear the declaration of love, " I, even I, am he who blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins," verse 25. Therefore there is hope, grace reigns, yea grace abounds, superabounds, mercy is free, proclamation...

...as white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool*." Also, " I, even*!, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, for mine own sake ; and will not remember thy sins-f." Hear also the language of Paul, that illustrious monument of grace :" This is a faithful saying,...

...to me I will in no wise cast out," John vi. 37. "Ready to forgive," Psa. Ixxxvi. 5. " I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins," Isa. xliii. 25. " The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost," Luke xix. 10. "...

...thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast \vearied_me with thine iniquities. I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. — Here king's bad state of health, and emaciated constitution, he could not, humanly speaking, live...

...unrighteousness, to our sins and iniquity oblivion ; for I, even I am he, saith the Lord, that blot tet h out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. They were to come also unto the city of the living GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem — here contrasted...

...serve with your sins and wearied him with your iniquities, yet remember, what he saith ; / even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins, f In the very hour, that you have been running from his arms by rebellion, he hath been sending after...