J. M. Olmstead, Thoughts and Counsels for the Impenitent, 2nd ed. (New York: Robert Carter, 1848), ch. XIV, "Forgiveness," p. 272

Let a sinner but repent and believe, and no matter how great his sins may be, he can find pardon. Though they be of astonishing magnitude—though they be as scarlet or as crimson in their hue, the sacrifice offered by our…