Part.t.Cbap.;. eAJ!liElcd (onfcie•ccs. but his fpeciaU goodndfe,and good afred:ion towards repentant and beleeving fmners, in feven : I Merci- . full,and 2 Graciom,3 Lon,(-{ujfering;andahoundartt i~ 4 Goodnejfeaf!d 5 Truth, 6 Keepinc~ c....JV[ercy for th?u:. (4rtds,7 Forg·iving iniquity,tranfgrejfion and Ji.<t/Je. In· whieh there are implyed unanfwcrable replyes to t~U the fcruples, doubts, exceptions, obje<.'1:ions, which may ari fe in atroubled ioule. · . I. Thou fayefi: perhaps,that thou art plunged in~ 1 Exttemity of mifecy to the depth of extremefi: ipirituall mifery, both in rcfpecl::of ftnfulndfe and curfedne:ffe. The 'prefent fenfe whereofis ready to finke thee into defpaite. Be it fo : Then take my counfell in this Cafe : Cafi: thine eye UfOn the firfi: and fa1refi: flower in dus heavenly glorious Garland of divine goodneffe. And theit! . {halt find a farre greater depth ofUilerry; 1-teady to I c1n1 miftrim. ~a f wallow upJhy ·depth ofmifery. The mercy of God t=::n1 f_uo.4 reddttur and mifery in this kind are relatives.: No mifery, no gr.m .fer li'n'~':~vtmercy; much mifery,much mercy;tranfcendent mi~ S"~d~fi.m-. Nfi a: ~~lf.~! r. i' .J h 1 d·a: . h qu9 ~,gnt c ;er 1ery,tran c~nue:1t ~~r~y: t e on~"( Irr~r~nce 1s,t e cordia ,0mmrJveri fow mercy ofGod 1s mfimte, thy mliery fimte. And ma (!]' vehtmenti ar~ therefore how much fpirituall miie:ry foever t.hou ex intimu 'fJijcerW7ur bringefr in a broken heart to the Throne of qr~ce, profeClti. Go·ds bountifull hand will weigh out to thee a proportionable me:fure ofmercy; nay a meafime with..; . out meafure,fliper-abundant,running over. For whe1 e mifery-in a truely· humbled foule aboundeth, there mercy doth muchmore abound. z. Or fuppofe,that at thy firft turning unto God, 2. Late convcr£on. though truely humbled, yet thou art tempted, not to -take C..hrifi:; out ofthis conceit,becaufe thou art but even now come out ofhell,and horrible courfes, -and as yet bail: no good thing in thee at all: or after fome pr~greffe inChrifi:ianity,refletHng in time of temptatiOn upon t~y whole carriage, fmce converfiori ; a!ld finding it to have beenfo fiUitleffe, and full offailmgs:thou concluddt thy felfe,in thy prefent feeling, A a to - \
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