404 InftruClionJ for a riJ,ht comfor~ing SeC1:.3. --------------------- ---~----------- O!Jieff. · How b:s tmrcy ex· cceds his iafricc,when the numb:r of his elect is [maller then of the reprobates, Yea, but may fame fay : If mercy be fo faire a fk>wer in the garland of Gods.· incom?rehen'ible greatnd[: ; ifit fo farre cxcell hjs other Attributes in amiablenelfe among!l his creaftures; How comes it to paif;::, That the number of His Ekd is fo ftnall· aud the fway oftf1e multitude finke downe under th~ burdei1 of their iniqnitie.s, tran{grefsjons and finnes into the Pitofendleife.Perdition? How comes it to pa£f<;, .that out of the gre(lt heape, andmafleof Jl man-kinde, there are made but fo few veJ1~!s of mer~ cy; and that fo many veff:ls of wrath ::1re juG:ly for their finnes,filkd brim f..1ll with the vialls of ererl::- £l:ing vengeance. See c.J!Iat.7.I _r, 14- & 20.16. Anfw~ Some matter ofAnfwer to this Point, would yee ." ,Jqum.p. r.q.1.~.art. thinke.it ! may be takeo. even fcom the !1 Sd10ok7·Adtertium. men. r-A---'"" lfweconfidcr, firit, Theunconceiveable.eminen- J,Becaufe c,f the great, ne!fe ofvvhat is given. cy,anL{t.y.walewqble worth of the Crowne of glory; "----v-J which doth [o .fa):te, .and difproportionably furp a-~ Pidere 'Deum per ejfen · and tranfcend the common fiate, and condiuon of r--r·A ---""1 d I · fi 11: f ,. of what buies it our nature. Secon ly, T 1e pret1ou neue o the eff.r~ "- ·---v---..J fionoftheblood of thedeare .and only Son of God, tiam efl(upranaturam, fur the purchafing of that iQ glorious a C..rowne, nrmfolrlmhorain.u, fed etiam omnu creatur.e n.e q.) art. 'i. Hi'.ll'C al[o th~t incompar.b1e ConfounJer of Jll Popery;wh.om not all the JcfuiteS in Chrifl:endome lh.!ll b~ ever .:Jble t0 cowfn~,e-ithcr in this World, Gr the ·WtJt~d to come. Etfl omne> homine> Veus rL~mna~et uno e~cep1a.: tam.en a4~uc m.zjor eff'et mifericorihz.,qud,mjudiciu.Niwrir n,1uia, nu!l&un fir judicij divi:o. ni effeaum nifi propter pmica earum,qui da fl.n:mtur: at miftricordta nuUa inwnit 1nerito.. C.~amier.tom 3 ltb.7.cap 8. ~ .::fhe ~verlafimgnc's ~hird1y, * T11e ne~e!fary, and inevitable defe&ibi-. o1111c: gtft~lfi 1 T f hty of the Creature. Fou_rthly, The moft free,aod 4 1 · TRhe wtb u net e 0 wilfull Apofl:acy of A dam, and in Him,ofall his ·Por t le epro :ues. . £l: - . F'fi 11 , h bh . bl d '11 5 , The horriblene!f~ enty. 1 t_J y, T ea omma e an VI anous pa~ of t:·heir Gns. ture,and frame offihne,&c. Why Jbould we not ra~ * 'Dzur mm poruit th~;r wondet at the unfearcheableneff;: vf Gods mer-: pro luc;r; . . CTe{ffUT4'!l cy~ for advancing on~ Soule ro that endleffe b.lffejll non dhej~vltbtle,n_; q~~= Heaven; then to repin: at the equity of His ju{hce, $X. m to creaw , q . , .. · if
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