9:2), “Son be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee”; and knowing that the Scribes took for blasphemy that a man should pretend to forgive sins, asked them (verse 5) “whether it were easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, or, Arise and walk”; signifying thereby, that it was all one, as to the saving of the sick, to say, “Thy sins are forgiven,” and “Arise and walk”; and that He used that form of speech only to show He had the power to forgive sins. And it is besides evident in reason, that since death and misery were the punishments of sin, the discharge of sin must also be a discharge of death and misery; that is to say, salvation absolute, such as the faithful are to enjoy after the day of judgment, by the power and favour of Jesus Christ, who for that cause is called our “Saviour.”