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7o

Go

fped

lemif

sion.

but once, and

thou

art

guilty

of

millions

of

tranfgre(lions,

and

yet

God

fets

his

heart

on

thee,

and fayes,

I

will

do

great

things

forthee,

though

I

pafs

by

thoufands, millions

of

Angels

;

I

will

magnifie

my

rich

grace to this

poor creature

in

pardon-

ing

his

fin,

and advance him

to high favour , though I

con-

demn them

into everlafting

chains

of

darknefs;

now when

a

poor

creature

comes

to

fee

the

infinite

riches

of

Gods

grace

that

bath

made

fuck

a difference between

him

and

the

Angels

:

how

will he Band

admiring of

it

?

methinks this íhould

mightily

work

upon

the

hearts

of

all

poor

finners,

and

make them to

fay,

What

'hall

God

pafs

by

fuch

excellent creatures

as

the

Angels,

the

moft

excellent creatures

that

ever

God

made,

and come

to

me

a

poor worm, to

fet

his

heart

on

me, and

'hew

mercy

to

me

;

Oh

let me

pafs

by all

the

excellencies

of

the

creatures

to perform my

duty

unto

him

;

Hath God

pall

by

the moft excellent

of

his

creatures that mercy might

come to

me

?

Oh

let

me

pats by all

the glories

and excellencies

of

any

thing

in

this

world,

that my

Soul

may

come

in

;

in a

way

of

duty

and

fervice unto him

:

Shall

God

leave

the glorious

Angels

to

thew mercy to

me

, and

to do good

for

me

;

and

'hall

not

I

leave

my

bate

lulls

for

him

?

Shall

not

I

be

con-

tent to

leave any

thing

to

ferve him

?

Shall

I

fatisfie

any

bafe

lull,

with the neglect

of

him

?

God

forbid. This

is

another

Ar-

gument, that

they are

bleffed

that

have

their

fins

pardoned,

becaufe

God

does

that

for

them that

he

will not do for

the

fallen

Angels.

CHAP.