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4;
I
cfieeable
to
his
nature,that
is,
that
he
may againe
Phew
vnto
vs
the glorious
beames
ofhislouing
countenance
in
more
ful
brightnes,and bring
vs
from death to
life
;
from
afie
ion
to
ioy,
from the
gates
ofhel,to
the
kingdom ofheauen.
Accc
r-
ding
to
that, I.Sam.2.6.
the
Lord killeth,and
makcth aliue,
he
bringethdowne
vnto
hell,
and
bringcth
vp
againc.
As
therefore when we
fee
carpenters
pulling downe
a
ruinous
building,
ourminds do
not
refi
there,
becaufe
we
know
that
this they doe,
is
not
their proper
worke,but
we
go further in
our cogitation, thinking
of
a
new houle
which they will
in the
place
of
the old, for
as
much
as
wee
know that
it
innot
their proper worke to
race
do«'ne, but
to
build, or
to
race downe,that
they
may
build
:
fo
when
wee
fee
the
Lord
angry,and
inflidiing corre&ions,let
vs
not
refi
here,but:
with
the
like forefight
oftnind,
let
vs
confider
that
hedoththefe
his flrange and improper
works,
that
afterwards
he
may
doe
thofe which
are
proper and natural!,
that
is,that
he afilicóeth
that
he may
bring
the
more
true comfort,that
he bri
ngeth
vs
to the
gates ofhell,to- the
end he may
raifc
vs
vp
to
be
parta-
kers
ofthe
¡oies
ofheauen. But let
vs
confider
offome more
teflimonies
of
Gods
infinite mercies.
The Prophet
Dauid
likewife faith
Pfalm.103.8. That
the
Lord
is
fill
ó
fcompa
onz
Pfalm.
to
;.8.
and
mercie,flow
toanger,ànd
-ò
fgreat
ki sdneffe.
Arid
Pfal.8 6.5;
and
86.;,
Thet
Lord
t
t
g
òod
and
mercrfull,and
ofgreat
kindneff
vnto all
themi'that callvpon thee. So
the
Prophet
Ioel
2.13..
tefiifieth
Iocl2.13,
ofthe Lord,
that
he isgratious
and
merci
full,
flow to
anger,
and
of
greatkindneffe.
And the
Apòfile
faith,that
he
is
rich
in
mer.
Ephef
z.4,
cy,
Ephef..2.4. -and
2.
Cor.I.3.
bee
the
father of
z.Còr.
t.3..
mercies,and God
of
all
con
fort.
Seeing
then,
mercie
is
one
of
Gods
attributes, therefore
§.S0.4.
it
is
alto
of
his
effence
and
being:for there
are
not
in
Gods
Thatóod
is
d&
moll
perfedi
nature,
any
qualities
or
accidents;
but
what-
lighted
ìn
ex.
foeuer
is
in
God,
is
God,
fothat
God
is
mercie
it
felfe; and
mere
bin
confequently,
to
fhew and
exercife
his
mercie,
is
to
(hew
and
exercife
his ovine
nature.
Now
wee
know that
natural!
aciions
are
not
troublefon.m
,
nor
irkforne;
neither
is
the
fui
troubled with
gluing
light,
nor the
fire
with giving
h_
eate,
nor the
tree'
with¡
yeelding fràite no the
beaff
With nou>
rifhing,.'