to· the E P H ES I A N S. mean vindicative Jufl:ice; in them there is a C1tisfaCl:ion to an Attribute, in rs--~ that he meets; and is even with Sinners; .Yet notwithfl:andin& there is a kind of~~ violence done to htmftlf m tt, (the Scrrpture fo exprelleth tt ) there ts famething in it that is contrary to him. And fo many i_nterpret that place, I will not the Death of a Si11ner.; that is, I delight not fim ply in it, I will not do it a11imi caufa, for pleauJres fake, becaufe I delight in the the thing, as thofe that are of the Remonfirants Opinion Oander the other Party, that they make God to delight in the Death of a Sinner: No, when he exercifeth Acts of Jufl:ice, it is for an higher end, it i: not fimply for the thing it fdf, there is alw:tys fomething in his Heart agamfl: It. But when he comes to fhew Mercy, to manifcfl: that it is his Nature and Difpofition, it is faid, that he doth it with his whole Heart; there is nothing at all in him that is againfl: it, the AB: it fdf pleafeth him for it felf, there is no relufrancy in him. Therefore, in Lam. 3· 33· when he (peaks of punifhing, he L1ith, He doth not ajfiiEI willingly, nor g•·ieve the Children of dWcn: But when he comes tO fpeak oftbewing Mercy, he f.tith, he doth do it with his whole Heart, ondwitb bis wpole Soul; (o the exprefTion is, ']er. 32. 41. And therefore AB:s of Jufl:ice, you know, they are called, OpuJ aliemtm, his jlronge Wor'<_, and his jlr<mge Atl, ·in Ifo. 28. 2!. But when he comes to fhew Mercy, he rejo)'ces over tbem, to do tbem good, with hi< wbole Heart, 4nd witb bi< n·ho!e So11l; as it ·i$ in that ']er. p. 41. >f. X SERM.
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