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Comfortable Preferuatiue.r again'?
defperation.
í
ifhing
his
young, nor
man
with receiuing
nourifhment
and fleepe, becaufe
it
is
their
nature to bee
exercifed
in thefe
aSions;
and therefore
Peeing
mercie
is
of
Gods
effence,it
is
not
painefull and
troublefome
to
exercife
it
towards
all
repentant
finners,
bee their
finnes
neuer
fo
many
and
hai-
rrous,no
more then
it
is
troublefome to
exercife his
iuflice,
in
punifhing
of
thofe
who
are
obflinate and
rebellious
:
nay
it
is
not
onely
not
troublefome and painefull,
but
alto plea_
fart
and
delightfull
for
God
to
£hew
mercie
vnto
all
thofe
who truely
turne vnto him
;
and contrariwife
it
fhould
bee
troublefome
and
irkfome,
(if
I
may
fo
fpeake, ) for
God
not
to fhew
and
exercife
his
nature,
and mercie, towards
repentant (inners; for
as
the
eie
is
delighted
with
feeing,and
to
bee
ref}raitied
there
-from
is
grieuous
vnto
it;as
the
eare is
delighted with hearing,
and
is much
molefled,
ifit
beflop-
ped; and
as
euerie
part andfacultie
of
the bodie and
foule are
delighted
in exercifing
their
feuerall
a
&ions
and
fun
uions,
and are much
vexed
and cumbred,
if
by
any tneanes
they
fhould
bee
hindred;
fo
is
the Lord delighted,and
well
plea,
fed,
in
(hewing and
exercifing his
owne nature,
and
attri-
butes;as his
power,
and
prouidence,in gouerning the world;
his iuflice,inpunifhing wicked,obftinate,
and rebellious
fin-
ners; and his
mercie
in
pardoning, and remitting the
finnes
_ofthofe,
who
are
of
a
humble fpirit,
and
broken heart, and
are wearie
of
this intollerable
burthen,
defiring
nothing
more, then to
bee
eafed
and freed from
it.
And
not
thus
to
exercife
his
nature,
and attributes, would
rather
(that I
may
fpeake after the manner
ofmen)
bee vnto the
Lord
tedious
and troublefome.
Of
this pleafure and
delight, which the Lord taketh
in
pardoning repentant
finners,
the
Prophet
Micha
fpeaketh,
chap.
7.10.18.
who (faith hee)
is
a
q
od
lik
unto thee,that
taZeth
away
miquitie,
and
paileth
by
tranfgreffion
o
ftheremnant
o
fhis
heritage?
he
retameth not
his
wrath for
euer,becaufe
mer.,.
ciepleafethhim.
So
the
Prophet
Danid,
Pfa1m.I:y,Ii
faith,
that
the
Lord
is
delighted
in
them
that
feare
him
and
attend
vpcn his
mercy
;
men
as
though
he reioyced
m%ach,to.
haue
an
oc-
,eaIon
offered,
.of exercifing his .tnercie
and
,goodneffe
to.-
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