Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

1. Because he delighteth in Mercy; it is a pleasure to God to forgive Sins:¹ never did we take more pleasure, nor so much pleasure in acting and committing of sin, as he doth in the pardoning of sin; he is the Father of Mercies, ²he delights in mercy as a Father in his Children; it doth him good to see the Fruits of his own mercy, in taking away the sins of his own people.

1. 1Micah 7.18
2. 22 Co. 1.3

2. Because it is his purpose which he hath purposed within himself from all Eternity; this was the great design of God (as you have heard) to make his grace glorious in those whom he intends to save; he will have the praise of the glory of his Grace: ¹he will not lose his glory; he will be admired in his Saints; he will make the World to wonder, when it shall be known what sin hath been committed by them,² and pardoned by him. And hence it is that Gods people are called Vessels of Mercy, that he might make known the Riches of his Glory on the Vessels of Mercy; for, as Vessels are or may be filled up to the brims, so the Vessels of Mercy shall be filled with Mercy, up to the Brim, that the Riches of his Glory in the pardon of Sin, may be seen and known to the wonder of all the world.

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