The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…

Secondly, consider God might ¹have had full glory in your destruction; let him not be a loser in his showing mercy to you. How much better is it for you, that he should have the fullness of his glory, in his mercy to you, than the fullness of it in his judgements upon you? This he might have had long ago: yea, and the fullness of his glory he will have; if you give it not to him, he will force it from you.

Secondly, consider God might ¹have had full glory in your destruction; let him not bee a loser in his shewing mercy to you. How much better is it for you, that hee should have the fulnesse of his glory, in his mercy to you, than the fulnesse of it in his judgements upon you? This he might have had long agoe: yea, and the fulnesse of his glory hee will have; if you give it not to him, hee will force it from you.

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Thirdly, Christ hath fully gone ¹through the great work of Redemption; he would never leave it till he had fully accomplished all, and said, It is finished. This was a mighty work, for the accomplishment whereof, he passed through more difficulties, than ever thou art like to do, in ⟨p. 367⟩the fullest measure of following the Lord, that possibly can be.

Thirdly, Christ hath fully gone ¹thorow the great work of Redemption; he would never leave it till he had fully accomplished all, and said, It is finished. This was a mighty work, for the accomplishment whereof, he passed thorow more difficulties, than ever thou art like to do, in