Dan.gat. 9. ».Sect. S. That the grie- uok(aeffe of finne cannot debarre the repentant fm- ner of Gods mare. ; 7-0$t4. 7.4 . Ram.ç.ia. That wem ill nap aggra hate our fiat that wedero- gate front Gods 434 Ccmsortableprefirtsatiuesagaintdeiperatiors, , OLordfor,tue, OLordconfrderanddoeit; deferrenotfor thine ovne fake. Ìßán .9. 8. r9.:. But hereSatan. will be readie to obieCt vnto the ali&ted confcience, labouring vndcr the burthen offinne, that God indeede is merciful', but yet he will newer extend his mercy towards fuch haynous offenders, whole finncs are in num- ber nuwberlefle, and in qualitie. and nature molt grieùous and outragious,Foranfwerirg. ofwhich tentation, wee are to-know that though out-times bee neuer fo innumerable and hainous,yet-this fhould not difiourage vs froni corn- ming toGod by vnfained.repentance, with- allured hope offorgiueneffe; for though our firmes be great, his mercies are infinite,and confequently though it wereimagined that all the finnes whichwereeucr committed in the worldwere ioyncd together, yet in comparifon ofGods mercy they are without all comparifon leffe thena mote in:the Sunne to all the world. Neither is God likeunto man,whofe bounty and mercy are' limited in fome firaight bounds which they will not paffe, and therefore they are Toone wearyboth in giuing to thofe who want,and forgiuingthofe that offend; but his bountieisendiefíe andhis mercies infinite, and therefore he canand wil aseafilie forgiue vs thedebtoften tho.ufand mil- lions ofpounds, as onepeunie, and.affoone pardon the finns ofa:wicked Afana4s,as ofa righteousAbraham, ifwe come vntohimbÿ-vitfaiñed repentance, and earneftly delire and implore his grace and mercy. And this our Sauiour Chrifl fheweth in theparableoftheporePublican,whofe hainous limes the Lord prefentlÿ forgaue vpon his true conuerlion,. And in the parable ofthe two debters, where the lender, our bountifull God,as eatilyforgaue the 5oo.pence as the fiftie, that is,innumerablegreat fins, afwell as few and lefle:. And the Apoftle Pafil teachethvs, that.wherefnne bathabounded, theregrace bath r3duch more abounded.Rom, 5.2o. Seeing therefore Godsmercy is infinite andwithout al li- mits, let not vs reftraine it, neither let vs fo . aggrauate our firms as that in the meane time wee derogate from Gods mercy. Ifa Prince fliòuld fend his generali pardon vnto a nurnberofoffenders, without any exception orlimitation, and.
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