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Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers…Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers…
Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers occasions. By Tho: Goodwin B.D.Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers occasions. By Tho: Goodvvin B.D.
London: printed by M. Flesher for John Rothwell, 1637London: printed by M. Flesher for Iohn Rothwell, 1637
AGGRAVATIONS OF SINNING AGAINST MERCY.AGGRAVATIONS OF SINNING AGAINST MERCIE.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now Bounty, in the general, which is in God, may be thus described:
Now Bounty, in the generall, which is in God, may be thus described:
It is a free, willing, and a large giving of what is merely his own, looking for no recompense again.
It is a free, willing, and a large giving of what is meerly his own, looking for no recompense againe.
To explain this, that you may see, that all these conditions are required to true goodness, and all of them to be found in God only.
To explaine this, that you may see, that all these conditions are required to true goodnesse, and all of them to be found in God onely.
1. He that is Bountiful, he must be a Giver, and Bestower of good things: and all he bestows, it must be by way of gift, not by way of recompense unto, or by desert from the party he bestows all on: