Part H. The Living Temple. 3 2 5 out reference to, or mention any where made of, this Compenfation to the "Mice ofGod, there mull be an offer made of finch Mercy, not to prefent De- linquents only, but to all, in all future Times and Ages i With what Methods ofGovernment would Inch a Courfe as this agree ? I the rather infift upon this, both- as ap- prehending it to have its own great. weight ; and that, perhaps, it hath e.. fcaped the Confideration of the m :ft in treating of this important S'ubjett ; yet, what is more obvious ? 'Tis one thing, for a Prince, by a pri- vate Ac`t of Grace, to pardon a parti- cular Perfon, that bath offended him, without infiffing upon any Recom- pence ; another thing, to do it to a multitude, not only that had, no v, tranfgreffed, but that fhould do fo in any future time. Lighter Minds may, perhaps at firft fight, reckon this wouldonly fo much the moremagniry the Mercy of God above that of Man, who/e'Jays are not as our Ways, nor his Zhoughts as our Thoughts. And fo, indeed, doth the Way he hath taken, for ±e pardoninT Y 3 cif X.
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