ADfinnes pardtmed to the B"mble. 157 _I (ons it I 1ohn ) •9, I o, I I. 1{rvee rueivt the rvitnejft ofmen, the witnejfe1{G8d isgre~ter; for this is the wlt14t/[to/ G~d, &•. HtthAt believeth not, GsJhath made htmaly.r. A~ ifhdho~1ld fay,willy?unotbdieve~ l Ifaman that 1s of an honeft dtfpoftuon thould proj mife youathing, you would believe him: and will you nQt ~dievemee ~ As if am1nhad moretrurh - in him then I nave: yea further)you make the Lord a lyar, ifyoo believe not this his record ofhis Son, what is this record c: why faith the Apofl:le, I wiU . repeate it againe, 'The Lord h.athgiven IIA eternaO life, j' 4nathi4Jif~ iJ-inhuSonne, that is, whofoevcrbelieves and takes C Ha 1 s T , his finnes ihall be forgiven, ai'ld hee (hall have life. It is the pardon that brings · life ro the condemned traytor. · 2 Bur though hee hath faid, this is iogaged fuf6cienrly, and this is much to helpe our faith, yet when wee fhall funher heare and know him tobee · 01;1e of a mercifull nature and gracious difpofirion, wee 'will goe· the more willingly tohim. There· fore adde to this, howthe Lord expretferh his na– tureto us, Exod~M 34.6,7. The L~rdGod, mercifo/1, gr~ciDm ~tnd /~ng fufftring, Andabundant ingoodmfle, t~nd trttth, fgrgiving iniquity, tr.nfgreJton ~trulJinne. As if he lhould have [aid to0Uofls, wouldefi: chou ,– know the very inward difpofitio~ and frame ofmy , foule-: this is my nature, eo be mercifull and· graci~ ous &c. this is the Lords JJtA, for hisendhere was i to expre[e himfelfe unro us ; know tha't this is his nature, and this·will fhengthen our faith in the pro- . mifes, for all his ' promi[esdoe but flow from this · ' narure of his, and receive their firength therefrori1, g ' and --------------~--------~-------------
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