Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

Exceeding Sinfidnefl cf Sin. God ferviceable to your lufts ? and who isthere almorJ but makes the mercy ofGod in forne de- gree or other Serviceable to his lulls ? It is a horrible thing thus to abufe mercie : howdoeft thou think the mercie of God fhould plead for' thee when thou doeft it fuch infinite wrong? when thou yeritureft upon fin becaure God is a merciful God. Thus you wrong theAttributes ofGod by fin. 69 TVI 9 9 .4, )4.) C H A P. X T. Howfin wrongsGod in hisperfinal Relations. I The Father. 2 The Son. 3 The Spirit. SEcondly, Noll; for the Perfonal qçlati ons o/ god; Father, Son,and holy Gboft bob they be wronged in way offin. Firfly, Ged the Father. Confider of there in thofe operations moft proper, and efpecially at- tributed to them. As now, that attributed to the Father, is the work ofCreation : now thou wrongeft God. the Father in this efpecial opera- tion, In that thou abufeft thegifts God bathg. ven thee that Body and Soul God bath made, thou abufeft it to Gods difbonor ; abufeft his Creatures; takeft Gods own Creatures, and a- bufeft them to his difhonor : yea, thy own Memben J.

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