Background Image
Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  60 / 242 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 60 / 242 Next Page
Page Background

Go#el

R

emijsioti.

willing

to

pats

through,

difficulties

in

feeking pardon,

when

as

Go.ls

mercies

pats

through

many .difficulties to come to

thy-

foul

;

thou

art

going to

God,

and feeking

to

him

for

mercies,

and

there lye

many

difcultiesin

the way

;-

when

Godwas

com-

ing to

thee, there lay

many

difficulties',

in

the

way, and

yet he

paff.

through

them

all

;

therefore

thou maiff

be

content though

thou

meeteft

with

fame

dit

culties

in feeking

the

pardon

of

thy

íiits.

Thirdlv,Tbi.c

may make

us

willing

to

go throtugbanyfervices;

though

they.he

hard,if

thou'

art

ing'tting

of

pardon;SuppofeGod

fet. us

about

fome

hard work

that bath

many difficulties

in

it,

do

not complain

as

if God.were

a

hard

Mailer,

when he

Pets

you

about

any

hard work

;

for

be

it

known unto

yon,

thou art never

fet

about

any

fuch

hard work

in

all

thy

life

for

God,

that hath

fo

many difficulties

in ir,

as

the

work

of

God

in

pardoning thy

fin

bath

;

there are more

difficulties when

God

comes

to pardon

thy

foul

for

fin,

.than

in

any fervice

whatever that God requires

of

thee

;

thou

lookeft

upon

the fervice

of God;

and

there

are

many

difficulties

in

it

;

be

contented,

do

not

complain

,

for

God

pail

through

many

diffiéulties to

pardon

thy

fin

;

and

this

is

another

conf

deration, the

difficulties

God

paffes

through to

pardon

fin,

is

a

great

Argument that

that

foul

is

bleffed

that

bath

his

iniquities

forgiven,

CHAP. VI.

Of

Pardoning Mercy

coming

from

the

Fountain

of

Gods

Ever

-

laflina

Love.

6.

rlrgu-

Hen

God

comes to

pardon

fn,

it

is

fuch a

mercy as

comet

ment..

`

``

from

the

fountain

of

Gods

Everlaf

ing

Love;

other

mer-

cies

do

not;where

this

is

not,you

cannot make

them

Evidences

of

Gods

eternal

love

;

if

God

give you health of

Body,

good

voy-

ages at

Sea,and good comings

in

in refpec`f

ofthe world,you

can-,

not

draw Arguments from

hence4that

God

bears eternal love

to

your

fouls..

But when

he_comes

to pardon

your

fins;

its

a

cer-

tain