Part.t.Cbap.7. eAJfiiffed (onfciencn. before wee wring from him the vials of jufi: wratfl, and wreO: out ofHis hands, the Arrowes of deferved indignation. That you erre not in this Point, con- ~ ccive, :hat both Gods mercy and iuftice are originally and fimdamehtally, as God Himfelfe,infinite, Both of the f1me length, height, bredth, and depth; that is equally endleffe, boundk!fe, bottomeleffe, unfearchable. Yet,ifwee confider the exerciie and execution of the1n amongfi: the creatures, and abroad in · _ the world · Mercy,thatfweetefl: Attribute,and mofr Gods mercy ell:ercl_fed . b ' ll b ·r. d h d l f' r. more then any thmg pret1ous alme to a . ru11e earts, ot 1 arre mr- If< - 0 him paffe and out-fhine .t he other, though incampara- e e 1 • ble excellencies ofHis diviue nature, and all the perfe{tions, which accompany the greatne!feofGod : As appeares, Exod.zo.),6. (jcn.I8.jz. Ioefz.43 . Jonah4.2. Pfo/.36. & 103. 2 Chron zr.q. His inBuences and beames of mercy are filirely and plentifiJlly i11ed into the bcifome of every Creature, and fhine gloriot1fly over all the earth, even from one end of He:1ven to the other. The whole world is thicke fet ,and richly embroidered, as it were, .with wonderfull variety ofimprefsions, and P-2£flges of his goodneffe and bounty. In this great Volume of Nature, round about us, wee may runne and reade, the deepe Prints and large Chara8:ers of kindneffe and love, which His mercifull and munificent hand hath left in all Places, in every leafe, and Page, and line of it. If mercy then be fo gracioufly magni- g ~uiJnam. rei eft in fied OVer g all his workes, We ffi(' more firongly mu~Jo, Cf!l 'DerM r~~ b 'ld · Th 'f · h h d I 11. • r · adflt fua pro·v1dentt~Z ._ U1 upon 1t; at 1 t e an o uu.1ce 1e1z~ up- & 1Rt["'icordia, &-c. on. an hatefuH thought, as a murtherer, and framed Nemo eft bominum vel wuh blood ; and arraigne a lufi:full conceit, a$ guil- eti4m diaholorum, que ty of adultery, and aeluall pollution; His armes of dicere po.l_it re . no~ mercy will moO: certainely embrace and accept of a efle r:arrtc.tpem miff.rt· fi d r: f h d d d fh' . cordt.e Vet. Za:tlch,de ncere e~m:: o t e ee one; o earty a.ffc8:tons Natur<i Dei l'b ~or the Act~ons; and ofa grieved fpirit for the grace c:ap. 4.q 3 • ' 1 ' 4~ 1t groanes for. _Yea,
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