, ______________ merr;~~H L, and g.racious ., l~n~-J u{f,:ring, ani! a~undant i!J g-6od!4rjr., and truth., , k;eping mercy for thoufands , forgiving iniqi<ity; trvmfg,rejfiom andfimzes? what,wlllthe L ord undo his Name? will the · Lordcaft vjf for ever? and wifl he be favourt!ble no more? is his mercy cle;m g011e for>ever? w.il! he b~ no more entreated? hath God forgotten robe graciou_s? hath he i? anger fbut up his tmder kowels ! with thefe and fuch _like holy wlu.fpenngs,or mutteJ:mgs dtd mercy enter into Gods bowds,and make them yearn, and melt again into com paffions. But 2. Truth muil:.be heMd as well as mercy; 11nd (he !ayes in• matter of exception, and her plea was thm; what is fjod b11t his Word? now this was thy word to Adam, in the day that thou tatr.ft thereof thou foalt Jye the death; and this was thy word to all the font . of Adam, thefoul that finneth, that fo~tl /bail dJe. And God may ~enk t f_1· notj(;t!JifiehisWord; hisWordistruth; ft!lfifietr~tth?thatmay not 1.c ' 1 .lo. be; all men are lin , but God iJtr~te, tv en trltth it /elf. --- This plea of truth is feconded by righteou{ntfJe : and thus {he befpeaks God , jb.1/l not the 'fudge of all the world do right? tlmt haft declared thy felf over: and over to be juft and righteous; 0 LQrd . God of If rae! thou art righteous: - ri.fhteous art thou 0 Lord, Ez ra.9.r r. and t4pright are thy judgments. --ThBu art righteous 0 Lord :_r1 11!' '3· which r1rt, and wafl', llndfo;~/L be; --even fo Lord qod AI- e~-t ·H· mighty , true and righteous are thy jrtdgments, yea the Lord is righteous in all his wayes , and holy in all his workp ; and , wherein con(i~s thisrighteoufneffe, but in rendring to every one ac- Pta,Jf$,17· cording to his due? andwhat is the Jinners due, but death ? the wa.- • ges of.fin is death; what /hall not,thefe finners dye the death.? that Rom.l.t3• were (as before) tomak.ftruthfa!Je,fohereto doright,wrong. · Thefe were the contraverlies at that time; fo chat peace could not tell how to fpeaka prevailing word amongft them : nay,the \ contraverfie grew fo high? that they made it their own cafes , what foal! become ofme (fat~ merq) if qod{pare nofJinners ? and what /hall become of m~ (fatdjuftice) if qod do{p11re finners? what foall become of me ( fatd mercy ?) if God will foew no mercJ ? and what fhall become sfme (faid juftice) if God will dono jufti'ce? why 11l11s I perifo ( faid mm-y) if thou wilt not pit]; if man dye , I di; alfo: and I perjfo (faid juftice) if thou wilt have mercy. fure!J ,. 1 die,ifman die not. To this it came, and in thefe term;s brake up the Aifembly. and away they went one from another.; truth . Q..q 2 went
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