“It is the mercy of all mercies to have our sins forgiven, to have them covered, buried, and done quite away.
Here the trembling soul may object: ‘But I am a daily sinner, I sin again and again, how then shall I be sure to be still forgiven?’
To this the Lord answereth, as it is in the original, in the present number, ‘passing by iniquity,’ (Micah 7:18-20) arguing a constant, continual act in God of forgiving.
He is more ready, saith He, to forgive than you to sin.
As there is a continual spring of wickedness in you, so there is a greater spring of mercy in God.”
–Richard Sibbes, “The Matchless Mercy,” The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7 (ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1638/2001), 7: 156-157.
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