I Part.1.Chap.7. eAJflitled (onfciencn. ~ and fpils his blood, by the verdict of the bleffed Spirit: And amalicious ·man,at the Barre ofGod, goes for aMan-flayer. If this then. beGods property, and pr9ceeding in ju{Hce, wee may much more confi.. dcntly expect: Nay, with revereilt humility,chal" lenge, way beingmade by the mediationof (;brill, the fame proportionable meafure in thofe His moft fweet, and lovely inclinations, and exprefsions of mercy. Shall a lewd delire after awoman fall under the axe ~fGodsjuflice, as if It were the groffe Ad: oflufl ? And ihall not a longing de!ire after grace,be gratioufly embraced in the armes ofmer~y, as the grace it felfe? Shall an angry thoughtinvi!ible, immaterial!, hurtfi:tll onely to the heart which harbours it, be charged with ad:uall bloudih~d? And lhall not apanting thirfr of a broken, and bleeding Soule after C hrifl.t faving and fanCl:ifYing blood, be bath'd and refreiht in·his pretious bloud?Yes certain- , ly,and much rather. For Gods tender mercies are tn.J~ allhu'Wor/zys, Pfol;I45·9· And mercy_ with an holy exultation triumpheth, and reioyccth aj!,ainft iu~ement,Iam,Z.I 3· Hu mercy u great unto the Hetn~ens, Pfol.57·Io.He doth with much fweet contentm~nt,. and as it were, naturall propenfion; encline to the gracious effu!ions ofmercy. He delighteth if_mercy, faith Micah, Chap.7.i.8. He ispafSingly pleafedand exalted mofl glorioufly,when He is pardoning~' purging ofSoules,pullingout ofthe·Divels raw,pou· ring in ofgrace, lhining into fad and uncomfortable hearts,faving from Hell,&c. This makes Himfo paL: fionate in an holy,fen£e, when He hath no Paffage for hislove,Deut.5 .z9.Pf.8r.I 3.Ifo.48.y8.Ulfat,z3. 37·Luk:I9·4I,4~· But now on theqtherfide, He is hardly drawn,not without much reluctancy, delaies, forbearance, and, as it were, fome kind of violence offered, byexceft:eof multiplyed rebellious provoca.. tions1t~ exercifc His juftice, an~ to puniih f~r fume. ~ c J · ·· ~~~e /
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