ALL-SVFFICIENCY. 113 Now as it is hard to find out the depth of the ' . one,fo it is to find out the depth ofthe other, to confider the height;the length, and brcdth, and depth of his mercy. When am~n conlid.er~ his , finnes, ~nd lookes upon them m the he1ght of/ them, in bredth, and depth of them, when he) fees a heapeoffinnes piled up together,reaching up to the heavens,and downe againe to the bot– tom ofhell; now to beleeue, that the mercy of God is h~gher then thefe fins, and that the clepth ofhis mercy isdeep~r then they; This is tocom- Eph. 3 . tO. pnhendthe length,ttndbrcdth,& depth fJj mercy in him.Ephef.3.ThisisexcC'eding I1ard and agreat thing for us to do; but yet this theLordisable to doe, hismere~ is able to fwa1Iow them up; and therefore,yotf11Jall find this expreffionin lttm.z. bmcs1.1i• Mercy rejoyathag~tinft!Hdgemtnt;Asifhefhould fay; There isacertaine contention between the fins that we commit,&themercy ofGod;though our finnes oppofe -his mercy, yet his mercyis greater, and at length, it over-comes them, and r.ejoyceth againft them, as- a man rejoycedi againfi an adverfary that hehath fubdued. There. f0re herein we mufrlabourto fee;Gods All-fojfi'- N~le. cimcy,that alth0ugh our fins be exceeding great yetthelargendfeof his.mcrcy,.is.able to fwaJ;;. lowthemup. . . But youwill fay to me-,wecould'beleeue this, o6jet1. ,Jfwe were qualified, bnt aU thedifficulty is tobe~ leeudt,when we want thofe qualifications that Godrequires, foftneffe of heart, godly farrow, tr~th ofrepentance,&c. · To .
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