Comfortable preferuxtiuesag.tinf deferation. 43 5' andone amongfl the ref+ fhould fay,This pardon doth not appertaine vntome, becaufe I amfo great an offender, " and therefore Iwill ílill fland in doubt ofmy'Princcsmcrcy,arid fufpe&hisword; who woúldnot accufe fuch an oneboth of folly inrefiifinghis pardon, andofvngratefulnes and diffi- dence in diflruíling his gratious Prince, callinghis great mercyand.truth in his promife into queflion ? Who would not thinke thisoffencegreater thenall the refi?but the.Lord who is infinite inmercy, hath fent his generali pardon to all repentant andbeleeuing fmners Nvithout all exception ; why therefore fhouldwee-make queflion of his mercy, becaufe ofour hainousfinnes? why fhould wevnto our other finnes addethis which isrnore hainousthen all the refl,in doubting and diflrufling his word and promife, and in extenuating his infiniteand endlefle mercies ? For ifwee thinkeour debt £great that God will neuer forgiue it, what doe we els but detra& fromGods richbountyand liberalitie?ifwe fuppofe - our hnnes maynot be forgiuedbecaufe of their greatneffe, what doewe elsbut imagine that they furpaffeGods infinite mercy, which- is amofl horrible blafphemy -once to con- c -eiue? Themercyofthe Lordextendeth it Idle to the beafls the field, and hee gratioufly feedeth theRauens andyoung That Gods Lions, which in_their brutilhmanner implorehis helperand mercy is over Thal he not extend his mercies to reafonable creatures that all his workes: feeke after them?Yea theLord-i.rgood to all,and his merciesare Pí 1. 3 6.6.'& aster all his r,or%es as it is Pfal x45.9.and wil not the Lord be 104.7.1.37,&,, gratious to man, who is°his moil excellent workmanfhip, 147.98c created according to hisowne image, if he fut vntohim for 45. 9. grace,and del-ire tobe partakerofhis mercy? His goodnefíèe ftretcheth it feife unto his obflinate enemies, for hecaufeth Macth.5.4ea his rayne tofall,andhisSwine to thine both ztponthe mill and the (food, or, the iu,1andvniuJii. Matth.5.45, And íhall i"r bee- re- flrainedfrom hisrepentant feruants?-he multiplicrhhis mer- cies in temperall benefits vpon the wicked and reprobate, and (hall it be fcanted towards hisele&? he is verie gratious tomalitious rebels, and wilt-he dente grace to humble futers for mercy,and repentant fanners ?He Chewed his. goodneffe . Ff
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