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…

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:¹ Therefore Christ says, Luke 6. 33. that to do good to those who have done, or do good to us, is not thank-worthy, nor is it Bounty. But God is therefore truly good, because he simply, merely, and absolutely gives away all which he bestows: For he was not, nor can any way become beholden to any of his creatures; nor had formerly received any thing from them,² which might move him hereunto: so Rom. 11. 35. Who hath first given him, that he may recompense him again? Nay until He gave us a being, we were not capable of so much as receiving any good thing from him.

1. He that is Bountifull, 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 recompence unto, or by desert from the party hee bestowes all on:¹ Therefore Christ sayes, Luke 6. 33. that to doe good to those who have done, or doe good to us, is not thank-worthy, nor is it Bounty. But God is therefore truely good, because hee simply, meerely, and absolutely gives away all which he bestowes: For hee was not, nor can any way become beholden to any of his creatures; nor had formerly received any thing from them,² which might move him hereunto: so Rom. 11. 35. Who hath first given him, that hee may recompence him againe? Nay untill He gave us a being, we were not capable of so much as receiving any good thing from him.

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