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4.Se0.7.
That
caen
man
is
mer-
cifull
towards
the penitent.
and therefore
much
more
God
who
is
infinie
in mer
'.
4;
6
Co
tfortabl;
Preferuatiue.r
etewinf
de
Aeration.
and
long
fuffering
vnto wicked
elchab
vpon
his
fained
and
hypocritical' humiliation,and
will
he
not
extend
it
towards
thofe who
being
truelypenitent
vnfainedly turne unto
him?
Yes affuredly, for
though
.he
bee
good
to
all euen
fenfeleffe
creatures,brute
beafts,'and
rebellious
(inners,
yet he
is
in
e-
fpeciall
manner
good
to thofe
who
are
of
the
houfhold
of
faith.
But
if
we
cannot
behold Gods
mercies
in
their owne
glo-
rious
brightneff, let
vs
looke
vpon them
in forne
final' re
feinblance
and
little counterfait
:
if
wee
cannot
comprehend
them
in
their
owne infinite nature, yet let
vs
view them
in
a
final' modell. Euen man himfelfe
who hath but
a
fparke
of
this
inightie
flame,and
a
final' drop
of
this
bottonileffe
Oce-
an
fpareth
his fonne
when he offendeth,
pardoneth
his fer-
uant when
he
defireth forgiueneffe, yea
is
oftentimes
recon-
ciled
to
his enemie,
who hath manie
waies
wronged him,
when
he fueth
for
reconciliation,
and confeffeth his faults;
(hall therefore
man
who hath
receiued
a
little
fparke
from
this,
euer
burning
flame
ofGods
goodneffe,
a
(mall
drop
of
this
endleffe
and bottomleffe
Ocean,
and
but
a
little
rno
dell
ofthis
infinite greatneffe,
«hofe
greateft
mercie
coin,
pared
with Gods,
is
but
fauage and
barbarous
crueltie;
!hall
hee,I fay,beereadie to
fpare
his
fonne,
forgiue
his
fer-
uant,
and
bee reconciled vnto his enemie,
and (hall
not
God
(pare,
forgiue,
and
bee reconciled vnto thofe
who
turne
from
their
finnes
by
vnfained repentance,
and
ear-
nefllie
fue
for
grace
?
(hall wee
fee,
and acknowledge,
the
mercies
of
man, and
(hall
wee
doubt
of
the mercies
of
God,
which
is
the plentiful'
fountaine,
from
which like
a
pirling
flreante
they
flow-v?
(hall wee
confeffe,
that
a
drop
of
water
is
moi fl,
and
affirme
that the Ocean
is
drie
?null
we bee
fharpfighted
in
feting
the
light
of
a
fmall
fparke,
and
beefiackeblind,
in
beholding the
glorious beames
of
the
fonne
?
Nay let
vs
know,acknowledge,and
affure
our
felues,.
that
as
much
as
the whole globe
of
the earth, exceedeth in
quantitie
the
leaf}
mote
in
the funne,
as
much
as
the
whole
Ocean
exceedbah
the
finalle1+
drop
ofwater,
yea,
as
much
as
the
infinite
Creatour,
exceecleth
the
finite
creature, be-
tweene
..