506 Chap. i6. An Expbfition'upoai the Bookof'J 0 B, Verf.r3. Son, or (as Job (peaks, Chap. 9.) He laughed at the tryal of that innocent and Holy one : And indeed without this , the work ofour Redemption had not been accomplifhed by a full fatisfaG`fion to Divine Juftice,fòr itwould have had fomewhat of mercy in it-towards the Redeemer, as well as it is all mer- cy towards the rdeemed: But as it is all ofmercy to us,fo it was to be nothing at all of mercy to Jefus Chrift , that fanners are redeemed ; he was tohave no more ofhis Father then he paid for, and his Father did not (pare him, but made him pay the utmoft farthing, that upon the cafting up of the account be, tween himfelf and finful man appeared a due debt unto his. J!uftice. yob complains, that he was not (pared, yet the truth is , that , every man how much (Dever he fùffers on this fide Hell, bath fomewhat offparing mercy in his fuller ing°. Seconddly, Forafmuch as fob being about to (hew the ex- tremity of his afllition, tells us, That Goddidnot (pare. Obferve. Sparing mercy is the lovejl degree of mercy : IfGod denyfpa', ring mercy, hedenies all mercy. It is argument enough that God (hew Chrift no mercy , when the Aponte faith,He did not/pare him. That we fanners might have all mercy, he that faved us from our fins had. none. The angels who finned found no mercy, no facrifice was pro- vided for them,Godcajl them down toHell,anddeliveredthem in.. to chains ofdarknefs,to be referved unto judgment : All which puntfhments are affirmed by the Apolile Peter, as the refult of this Negative, Godfpared not the Angels, a Pet. 2 4.The fame Apolille tells us all) in the next Verfe, that, God (pared not tbe. old Word, butfaved Noah, the eighth perfon, a Preacher of rigbs aeoufnefs, bringing in thee Flood upon the world of the ungodly. Neither the angels who apoftatized fromGod, nor the old ungodly World had any (hare in fparing mercy. yob looked upon himfelf (in reference to prefent peace) as one in their cafe, Hedoth not (pare , which appears further. in the next Feiad omari, claufe. natty. Hepowretbout myGalupon theground. !ajcera,Vutg.1 The Original word which we render Gall, fignifies pro- perly, bitternefr, becaufe the Gall is fo, Peter fpeaking to Simon
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