Chap.l. Sect.. 5 Book. IV. ~ 329 thentheleaft ofal!Godsmercies, lamfitterfor hell and . devils, thenf or union and communion with q od t~nd Chrijf, I dnre not, 'I cannot be/eeve. ~ 2. The infinite .exaCl:nelfe of divine jufiice which mull:. be fatisfied- a foul deeply and ferioufly confidering of this, it fiartles thereat, ·and cries, 0 what will become of my foul? one of the leaft Gnnes that Ul:and guilty of, deferves death,and eternal . wrath the warm offinne is deatf..;: and I cannot fatisfie; though I have' trefpaffed to many millions of talents, I h1ve not one mite ofmine own to pay ; 0 then how fhould I beleeve? what thoughts can I entertaine of Gods mercy and love to me-ward? Gods Law condemns me, my own confcience accufeth me, and jufiice will have its due. 3. The want of aMediatour, or fome fuitable perfol'l, which may ftand between the finner and God. Ifon my part there be unworthinelfe, and on Gods part exaCl: and ll:rict:, and fevere juflice; and withal! I fee no Mediatour, which I may go unto, and firft dole w!thall before I deale with the infinite glory of God himfelfe, how fhould I but defpaire, and cry out? 0 wretched man that I am ! 0 that I bad nev er bern ! or if I mlljr needs have a being, Oh that I h,td been a toade, or ferpent, or anJ venemou.s creature rather then a man; for when they dye they.perijh, an(J thert' >",rn endofthem, butthe end of a reprBbatefinner iJ torments without end : 0 wo andalas ! I cannot beleeve, then's noroome f or .faith in this cafe I thefe are the hindrances. 2. The he! ps of faith in this fad condition are thefe. r. Aconuderation that God is p!eafed to palfe by, and to . overlook the unworthinefs of his poore creatures ; this we fee plaine in the ve ry aCl: of his incarnation; himfelfe difdaines not to be as his poore creatures, to weare their own flefh,to take upon him humane nature; ~nd in all things to become like unto man, fin only excepted. . 2. A confideration that God fatisfies jufl:ice, by fetting up Chrifl: who is jul:tice it felfe; now was it that mercy and trutb met together, and righteouf nej[e Plnd peace kj.f[Fd e.zch oth fr; now was it that free grace and merit , that fulneife and nothingnelfe were made one ; now was it that all things became nothing·, and nothing all things; our nature wh ich lay in raggs, was enriched with the unfearchable treafures of glory; ·now was it that Go~ Uu wa~ -
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