• 968 OftheGuN,POWDJ.R...TREASON• Serm;;:; And among Chrifien men, eo the beft fore ; to publikeperfons~ private meane men. an to. But,ifhe could get a wholeParliamenttogether: A King, his Nobles his Co , mons; that is, a King; Kingdome and all; and up with them all at once,alltogech~: there were none to that: that(lo)he would over feaand land to compalfe, Forth t were indeed, \\irhhim,a(uper omnia: He never had donethelike. ' a. r .. o. i::a~. Of this their Father, were chofc ungodly men ofthis bay. Vngodly(lfay:)For Salomon fers us this figne, to knowuwgodly men by; ri[cera impior11m crude/it ifthe hrvds hemiell,thennngodly, cerrainly. Nopztie, nopietie, with him. And ,;e find , chat mercie is a plant ofour nature : So incident to the nature ofinan, as theyare hol: den inhumane, that arewithoutit, No pit#, nohN>Qazlitie. Wbythen Satanitie it mufi be, ifGodandmandifclaime it: Even ofhim, cujm crudllit111fupero~lliasper~ qm, . Now God cannot abide multy at any hand. By what He placethhighefF may'we know, what He loves belt (mercy :) and by char, may we know, what H~ IIIJt.aB.aS, can worfiawaywith (cruelty.) Nay, ifonc6betakehiofollow by thethroat,'deillecruelfy wirh him: never heare himmore. No crueltycan He endure, acall: fpecially; O~J fuch cruell cruelty, as this, thar paffed all. ' And in this cafe ofours, I make no doubt, Godwas movedboth waies: Ffal, •••·7; One way, byuttercy: for us, tharour bones might not bef~attered, inevcryeot:: ner; aswhen one hewetb wood,chips llie about. · And againe; for them,we fbould have l>i11.~.,s, left behind, that Yidms I E sus turb111, mifmm eft eft, Helook~d upon them too, and faw; they ihould have been<-.v•p.t'>.. andip'itp.p.l'"• (cAtteredAU, and h11rried up 11nd doume, like afort of poore mafitrletfe foeepe : Hinnmy wrought with Him,il\ - · ·- bot'h thefe refpeds. . . Bt1r, on the other fide; thelrCrllellymovedHimalfo. And (I am perfwaded) Cod, looking upon thofe ittertileffc boweld men, when in their beans they hatched tha.t monfier ofcruelty, even at the fight ofthat barbarous refolurioi\ (yeamore than barbarous)His heart even turned agamfithem, His very fouleabhorred that devillilb inrcnrionoftheirs. They had thought.to have had the Day; but, tothe high praife ofHismercy, and to theconfufionof S4tA»andall hisrrt~elty, He gave order, Mtr'1 ihould have rhe Day: and !he had ir, that the~:e might be amercy, fuper lmniA, U/1'1/t this Cr~~elty (uper omnia: as there was. Their counfell brought to light; brought to nought; brought upon their owne heads : and both counfell and counfellersbroug~ to a lhamefull end. Nay, would they make mens bowels fly up and downtheayre~ Out with thofe bowels ; what ihould tlley doe in, that have: not in them that, that bowels fbould have.. Would they doe it byfire? Into the fire with their bowels, beforetheirface~. Would they make mensbones llie about likechips ? Hew their bonesin fonder. Iufi as Ff...t.ao,, 17. Davids prayer: Their delight w111 incruel17, let it happtlltQ them: 'Iheylwedmt merey, therefore let it be fA rre from them. Bur, hownow ~ We are gone now frommercyquire. No no: there ismercy e] (J'fat. 13 6.•o. veninthisfev~riry. Inrhe Pfalmeofc..Mercy (CXXXVI.) Slayingismadeaworke · 'f· ofmercy, Slerv thejirff borne ofJEgypt,cruel Pharao, mu! og, FQr hidmercy·endllret~[1r. ~o. ever: <..Mercy, inriddingtheworldof fuch, For, they arenotworrhyrobeznte~ opera D • 1, amongGodsworlces, that renouncethacverrue, that,is,foperoper4 DBI, 1ver aUGods worl:es; And fo nowye fee that Super, I told you,we ihould come toatlaft; over heU,and them there. TheSuper Superantu, the over ofanOveroommer ; ofMercy aCo11q11t· ror. v1boveHi4other w.,l:s, with theStper of aSoveraigne, to protechhem: r;;n Ff.,Jme 9, , 'l· thedeviUand devililh men in their JIIOrkes, withSuper LA JP idem&BafllifcNm,to tread l'f.Jm' .~·~! · upon them,tomAke his mem~~~ !!_ufoltfloq/e, and fo aSt~per, over~hetn too•.
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