In ~.aar& T~ · ~me. '1!>!ti, iu- (faithEfav :) 'liJitb w (faith ierem.iej of all His.propehies,by ehat of rig/Jteoujize.J1e,€hiellyand above other. ,, . . . , , Not of Power (asinB{IIJ) by His NatrieBl : which is His Natneof Po"»Jer. For in Pewer there is no truecomforr, without Iuftice bee joyned to it.' For, what is Power, except (]\jghteoufnefle goe before? Wee fee, it is a i:hing very agreeable to our nature, to have that wee fhall have, by Inflice (to choofe;) and that way doe even the mighti– dl:iirfl: feeke it; and when that way it will not comet they overbeare it 73 With Power. ·. r . . Nor of Mercie; notlebo1ia 'Mijericordia, by which NameVai>id .cal- Pfai:i~:N~~ ]eth Hint. For thoughitbeaNarrieof fpecialicom(ort,andSaintAu.- · ~ gr1jline faith of it: 0 Nomen ji1b quo nemini deJPerandum! yet if vve weig~ it Well of it felfe alone, we fhall finde, there is no full or perfect comfort in it, except this alfo bee added; For that, we have iri ~~two refpeCl:s: ·J One, as perfons in niifery ; ' 2 the other, as perfons convict of finne~ 1\nd though Mercy bee willing to relieve us, in the one; for her delight is to helpe thofe in mifery : Yet whadhall become ofthe other, how fhall that be anf\vered? We have in the Verfe before, mention of af\.ing ready to execute Judgement and lt1[iice. Now, Iuftice is profe!Ted enemy to allJimze; and luflice in her proceeding, may not admit of :my refpeCl:,either of themightorof themifery ofany;to lead her fromgi-ving fentcnce accordingtolaw. . . , True itis, Mertie is ours, otir5wli.olly, there is no doubt; but Illftict isagainfl us,andeiceptjufticemay bemade ours too,all is not as idhould be. •Butif juftice, if that in Go D,which only is againfl, might be made for us, then were wee fafe. Therefore, all our thought is to be,either how wemay get Mercy to triumph o-ver Iuftice with the A:pofHe; or, how r.!in.d§; (atthe leafl) we may get them tomeet together,and be friends in this work. Pfai.ss.id~ For,exceptjuftice befatisfied,and doe joyne in it alfo ~ in vaine we pro. . . n·::i. mife our felves, that Mercie,of it felfe,fhall worke our falvation. Which may ferve for the rea!on, why neither lebow Potentia, o·rIeho1ia MtfericorJia, areenough~ out, it mufl bee Ieho11a Iuflitia ; and Iuflitiaapart of the Name. ' Noftra : And neither may this b~ left otit. For without this:; Ieholia ,;,ii.;Jr,i'; a1one doth not concerne us; and Iebo-va luftitia is altogether againfl us; Butif He be rt{jgbteotfzeffe, and not only righteoufneffi, buc durs too; all is at an ond,we have our defires : Verily this lafl,this polfefltve,this word of application is all in all. By it we have interell in both the former; and . without it, our cafe is as theirs,~id nobu & tibi,Wliat baw11>ee to doe 'liJitb Ma'tth. s:rSf; th.ee, Ie11o;,a Iuftitia? Which is moll fearefull, and nothing but terror and torment in the confideration o~ it. Therefore we inufl~ake much of this. For,if o~ceHe be 'Nobifctlmwith us, and not againfl us , and not only Nobifcum with us, but Nofter out owne; all is fafe. Otherwife it falleth out oft, there: bee manyNo'6ijcum, that bee not Noftri: 'liJitb t~& f · Ggggg talk:e
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