What, may we sin with impunity, because we think he does not stand upon a point of honour with us? What if we offend him, and after say we are sorry, though no satisfaction be made to his justice; do you think your confession is a satisfaction? By no means, let me tell you: if you are not tender of God’s honour, he will be tender of his own; he will do himself justice, as he has both ability and power for it. God’s pardoning of our sins, is as much an act of his justice as his mercy; it is an act of justice to the satisfaction of Christ: hence he is said to be faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, 1 John i. 9.

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