Sennon 7· Of the GuN... POWD x R-T RE As ON". ' Andnow,we have [et<.Mercy in her Chariot of triumph; In which, ifever lhee I I I r; fate, lhefateinthcSuperumniaofthisDay. Let us now cometothela!iSuper, the ThcS•perol S#per ofduty remaining upon the head ofall Gods workes, for Hts mercy over them our 'D•'J· all· but amono- them all, and above them all, upon our heads(ifit were but for the fo:eraigne Me~cy ofthis Day) what wewe.re ir1 Superco God, for ~t. TheSuper upon allGods 1vorkes foilowes, mthe words next en[mng, 'ConjteaNtur•. F.-omhis wort Are nu mercies over all Hit workes i Why then, b 0 allyeeworkes ofthe Lord,alljlejh, : ~~;(, ~~: <every thing thAt hath hreath; bur chiefly His chiefeworke, thefonnesofmen, d the na- c t'f,l.r 1o 6. tiwand the kindreds ofthe earth, come all toconftfion: all owe this (toconfejfe) at· <ll'fal. • •1 ·'· lcaft. Confef!e? what~ Nothing but mercie, and the Snpcr ofthetMerCJ· Norhing, butthatitis, as it is: doe but as Gsdcloth, exalt it, placeit,where Hefetsit, Let the tletpefay, itiswenm ; and the drie land[ay, it isoverrne ; 'arid [o ofthe re!l:, every pne: !o manyworkes, fo many conftfions•. · . · There is a further Super, ttpon HiJ Saints: they, owe more to Him than Hi~ordi- ~';;::;,':' nary worku. Hisworkes but toconfejfe: 8/J Saints, tocon(ejfeand bleffe, both . They. Vcdc ••· aredouhle workes, needle-worke onboth fides: more becornes them. Te decet hymmu in pC,l. 6 l-'.• Sion: :Both, to c011jtjfe, it is above all; and tohleffi andpraife it,above all. for,ifir be ~b<!Ve all, it followes, mor~praifeis to come to Him, for it, than foraU.. if <.Mercy; ,.boveall; theJ"'ai{e ofHis mercy, above thepraifes cfall. There is a further Super yet, upon us that have found and (clttheSuper ofir; the From p-,; ;.ton talittr (fay I) ab9ve W6rlw and Saintsboth. All are bound: bmwe t'hat are here [uperomnu; more than all, we. We that lhould have bi:-cn Uttartyrs ·of Satans cru. tfi1, it !iands us in hand to bee Confeffirs of G on s tMercy, as,.rowhich w.ee ewe even our [elves; our [elves, and ,ouriafety; fafcry, offoules, and bodies, everY, pne of us. ' Then,let the King,.fil.!!_eene,and-Prince; let all the three·Efiates ;let tHe whole Land Clelivered by it, fromaChaosofconfulion; let our foules, whichHe harl1 held in life; let our bodies, which He hath kept together from flying1ft peetes ; 'let all thinke on it: thinke how to thaoke Him for it;fay,and ling, and celebrate iubo"(tllil. Wee, abovu//. forit, ahove all, ' ; "' w.· " ' For, ifever Mercy wereoverworkeofHis·; ifeyerWorkeof Hi>;tmtledtdirectly i it was fo over m, and we founderir,this Pay. Ifever,•of any it mi:ghclleavow·ed; orto any, applied : If ever any. might rightly and truly, ·u~ongoodan'djuficaufe, fay or ling thiS verfe; w~ofthts land, may-tloc bot.h' : ,H Wtll,fitbllt m,outhes belt) befi become us. ' , ·. ,.. ' .. ·. · :t;or, fuch a WorkedidHdhewonus, this Day, as ifMercy-bave~Supetomniaof other, this may claime aSuper omni"ofit,ofMer'cie irfc!lfe. HU »[ercil is not ft> nigh Abovethe re!l: ofHi~ worlces, as this D~iesWorlce' highabove the·worhs ofit. That;lit· preme toall:this,fupremetoit. Mercy,jriit,even.ibo'tleitfelfe• . ''' · _d We then, that have had fuch aSuper in this Super; we,ofall others,hay-more rltniJ all orlrers, to have it yer more fpecially,Jecommmdtdl A batec~nfefionwill'rtt>t ferve; but the·highe!l: CBiljeponofall, to take-rhe o.thoftheSNprematie efir. We,if ever any, to fay it, ar1d fweare'it: ifit had not beeneIn foveraigne manner ever fome of Hu workes(that is,our felves)w~ had beene full low yer rhis,i,frainjmos, beneath, under all His workes: not (now) above grour~d, to fpeake ar1d ro heJre of this theme. , Let it then claime the fupremacis in our confitefntllr, and in our Bwedicant, both ; ~tbove workes, S4intJ, and all. And that, not mentally, or verbally alone; in heart foro hold, and in tongue foro report it: but,which is worth all,really in worke, fotc; . expreffe u. I meane, as ourrhanks for 8/J mercie above a/tour thawks; fo our works of Mercy, ah~ve all our works. But, be rhey fo ~ 8/J are!o: are ours~ I would toGod, I could fay they were :but(fure)they arc not. Hit mercy above all Hisworkes: With us,in this ,POint, it is cleanecomrary: all ourwQrfw, above our mercy. The leall:, the · lafi,
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