Exceeding Sinfulnef of Sin. 39 I fay, IfGod did not hate fin fo much as he doth hate it, if it could be conceived that God could . but hate fin fomwha t lefs than he doth (I fay ) he would inflantly ceafe to be a God; he could not remain to be God one moment if he did ceafe to hate fin in any degree lets than he doth. weft. why ? Howdoth this appear ? Anfiw. Thus; If God ceafe to hate fin (I do not (peak of' the tnanifefling of his hatred, but that which is his nature, that is proportionable to hatred, as we fay) if God didnot hate it fo much as hecloth, then he did not hate fin infi- nitely, for there cannot be any infinite and lefs than infinite fland together, thefe two cannot ever fand,that it fhould be infinite and lets then fo and remain infinite, if it be infinite it remains fo; if there fhould be a degree under that, it mull be : Nov if' Gods hatred to fin were lets than it is, it would be but a finite hatred, and if it were a finite hatred, then God could not be infinitely holy ; for infinite holinefs mug. needs have infinite hatredagainfl fin. I be- feech you obferve this, for you are ready to think, ThoughGod be agatnf fin, and hate it, yet I hope God hates it not fo much as many Minifiers make of it, tuih God is not fo much againf fin as they fpeak of ; though its true whenwe do a mils we muff cry God mercy,and prayGod to forgive us; yet to make fo much of fin as they do ; and that God lets himfelf fo much againfl it as they fay; this is but their opi- nion ;
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