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Go1pel
Remfsion.
God
bath
in
it, that their
deftruetion might
fet
out the
excel-
lency
of
the
glory
of
his
grace
thee.
o
When
Limner
curious would"
draw
a
Scutcheon,
or
a
Piture
in
Or,
any
lours, he
layes
the
ground
-work
in
black,
and
then the
beauty
of
the
other
colours will
thereby molt appear
:
thou oh
foul
that
haft thy
fin
pardoned,
know
that
God
layes the
ground
-work
of
thy mercy
in
the
black
difrnal
deftruc4ion
of
multitudes
of
un-
godly
finners,he
gives
them
their due,that that
is
their right
;
but
the ultimate
aim
of
God
in
it rifes
to
this, that their
deftruc`li-
on may make
the
brightnefs
of
his glorious grace appear the
more glorioufly
to
them
that
are
Paved
;
that
the
Saints
whofe
fins
God
hath pardoned,
may in
Heaven
have
this argument to
praife
his
grace
fo
much
the
more,
becaufe
they are
culled
out
of
the
mafs
and
multitude
of
fanners
that
are
damned
;
this
will
mightily
inflame the
hearts
of
Saints
in
giving
God glory
in
Heaven,
when they íhall
fee
fo
many thoufands and millions
of
thoufands
cafe
down to eternal
deftruction
;
that God
fhould
do this to
fet
off
the
riches
of
his
grace
to
them
:
How
will this
inflame their
hearts
in
giving
God
glory,
and this
God
aims at
as
the top
of
his
glory that
he
might
have
a
company
to
be
the
eter-
nal
objets
of
the riches of his grace
;
and this
thews the
bafe
and
low
account
God
hath
of
wicked men,
that
he
lets
them
perifh
eternally,
that
he
might
magnifie
the glory of
his
grace
to
Scants.
Whatwh
when
it
of the
he
is
content
that
fo
greatnefs
ercy to
Saints,
many thoufands
of
m
others
íhall peri
h,
that
his
mercy
to
them
may
more glorioufly
appear
?
As
when
a
Prince hath
a
Child born, that
he
might
fhew
his
honour
to
the Child
in
folemnizing the Chriftning
of
the
Child
;
it
may
be
thoufands
of
Oxen
and
Sheep
thall lofe
their
lives in
the folemnizing
of
the joy the
Prince hath
in
his
Child
:
If
the Solemnity
of
the
Joy
the Prince bath in that
little Infant
may
be
the
caufe
of
thoufands
of creatures
lofing
their
lives,
this
thews the
dear
refpeft
he
bath to
his
Child, or
elfe
he would
never
let
fo
many creatures
go
to
the Shambles,
but
that
he
might
thew
his
refpe& to his
little
Infant
:
So
fayes
God,
there
is
a
handful
of
People that
I
have
thoughts to do
good
to,
to
all
eternity,
and
.
I
have fet my
heart
upon
them ;
and
that
I
may maniteft the greatnefs
of
my mercy to them,
I
will