O fgivingGlory to God. 24t leeve, they will not receive the confolations due to them, but dwell upon the confideration of their unworthinefieand finnes, and Satanholds them inthatflavery and bondage.This is a great hinderanceofglorifyingof God , when we lift up our firmes , above the mercyofGod in lefus Chrif' this is to take away God and Ch0 al- together ; for if the mercy, and rich, and bounti- ful! góodneffe of God , wherein, he will be infi- nitely glorious,were not greater then our finues, it were not the mercy and bounty ofa God,God should not be glorious in it, but there are but fewof thefethat'mifcarry, God ufually chines upon them at the la ft. - here are three rankes of men, force are in die firft,prophane, dead, bole Chriftians, that were never under the Law, that never underflood the corruptionof nature, nor themfelves, fon?e are brought from that, to un- derfland themfelves a little too much , that are under the Law , and feelé the flafhes ofGods wrath ; and force in the third place, are brought from hence, tobe under grace, that is, the onely happy condition , to be under thegraceof God in Chriff ; force men never corne to the fecond ftep,.they never under(fandwhat fume is, and what theanger and wrathof God is, they will give their confcierce no leifure to tell them what their condition is there ishope of the fe, Bond, that they will come to the third rancke, but for a company ofpro;Shane perfons , Onpo fers ofgoodneffe, to talke ofthe mercy ofGod inaria-, theyarenot in the next fteppe to it ;a man When wee . thinkc our fins greater then Goda mercy.
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