2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lordimputeth not iniquity. The word blessed is
in the plural, “Oh, the blessednesses!”—the double joys, the bundles of happiness, the mountains of delight!
Note that the three words so often used to denote our
disobedience—transgression, sin, and iniquity—are the three-headed dog at the
gates of hell, but our glorious Lord has silenced its barkings forever against
his own believing ones. The trinity of sin is ovecome by the Trinity of heaven.
Non-imputation is of the very essence of pardon: the believer sins, but his sin
is not reckoned, not accounted to him. Certain divines froth at the mouth with
rage against imputed righteousness; be it ours to see our sin not imputed, and
to us may there be as Paul words it, “Righteousness
imputed without works.” He is
blessed indeed who has a substitute to stand for him to whose account all his
debts may be set down. And in whose spirit there is no guile. He who is
pardoned has in every case been taught to deal honestly with himself, his sin,
and his God. Forgiveness is no sham, and the peace which it brings is not
caused by playing tricks with conscience.
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