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kemiflion.

and

that

at fuch

a

rate

and

infinite

price

as

the death

of my

own

Son ?,

Shall his life and

blood

go

to procure

pardon

(

one

drop of

which

is

more

worth

than

ten

thoufand

worlds)

and

when

all

this

is

done,

{hall

my

creature think to

put me

off

by

a

poor work

of

their

own

prayers, tears,

good meaning,

or

the

like

;

or

with the

moft

glorious

work

that they

çan

per-

form

?

for

the

greateft

and

moft

glorious

work

that they can

perform

is

not near

worth

_fo

much

as one

drop

of the

blood

of

Chrift.

And

if

you have not

fuch

high thoughts

of

Gods

Pardoning

Mercy,

that it mutt

be

procured

by

that which

bath more worth

in

it

than

all

the Creation

befides,

you do

difhonour

it,

by

having

fuch

low

thoughts

of

it,

when

as

you

think to obtain it

by

any

duty

that

you

can

do

;

you

think

God

is

a

merciful

God,

and you hope upon

your reforming

and

performing

duties

of

Obedience, that

Gcd

will

be

pa-

cified

towards

you for

all

that

is

amifs

:

Certainly

when

you

have the

fe

thoughts

of

Gods pardoning grac

,

you make

it

to

be

but

as

common

and

ordinary pity

towards

one

in

mife-

ry

but

the

grace of

God

is

a

higher

thing than

common

pity

and

companion,

and

it

is

a

mighty dtfhonour to

God

to

have

no

higher

thoughts

of it,

that you think

of it

but

as

of

com-

mon

pity

and

companion, that

one

creature bath unto

ano.,

ther

;

or

if

you

think it

difff

rs from that pity

one

creature

bath

to

another, it

is

but

a

difference

in degrees

;

only

you

you

think

it

is a

little

higher

in

degree

:but

you mutt look upon

it

in

another way,

and

as

another

kind

of

pity

than

one

crea-

ture

bears

to

another;

it

is

true,

Gods

pardoning

his

poor

creatures

is

in

pity

and compaf

ion ,

but it

is

through

the

death

and

fatisfaiion of

his

own

Son

;

and

if

you

think

to

procure

it

any

other way

than

by

the mediation

of

the

Son

of

God,

you

look upon

it

but

in a

natural

way,

as

nature

will

di

date

unto

you

;

for

nature

will

d&

&ate,

that

the beholding

of

one

crying out

in

mifery will

move

pity

and

compaflìon,

and

you go no

further

:

But

you

are to

know,

the

pardon-

ing grace

of God,

is

the

molt

fupernatural

and

myfteriouf

eft

thing

in

all the

Book

of

God

;

therefore

when

God

works

in us, we muff

aft

faith upon

it

in

a myftical

way;

or

aft

faith upon

it

as

a

great myfterie

;

and

therefore you

that

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