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

1. Mercy began; for out of her readiness to do good, she is ever foremost: her inclination is to pity, or rather she her self is an inclination to pity those that are in misery: and if she can but relieve them, let them deserve what they will, be sure she will relieve them: for she looks not to the party what he is, nor what he hath done, nor what he he deserved: but (which is the comfort of us miserable sinners) she looks at what he suffers, and in how woeful and wretched a case he is. Her Plea was thus; What Lord hast thou made all Men in vain? wilt thou now destroy him for whom thou madest the World? shall the householder be cast out, and thrown into prison, and there remain till he hath paid the utmost Farthing? shall all the Men and Women in the World, from first to last, be damned for ever and ever? alas! What profit is in their Blood? What will it avail to crowd Men and Devils together in Hell-flames? Will not those Devils, the grand Enemies of God, rejoice at this? And what then will become of thy great Name on Earth? Is not this thy Name? The Lord, the Lord, Merciful, and Gracious, Long-suffering, and abundant in Goodness and Truth, keeping Mercy for Thousands, forgiving Iniquity, Transgressions and Sins? What will the Lord undo his Name? Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favourable no more? Is his Mercy clean gone for ever? Will he be no more entreated? hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in Anger shut up his tender Bowels? With these, and such like holy whisperings or mutterings did Mercy enter into Gods bowels, and make them yearn, and melt again into compassions.

1. Mercy began; for out of her readiness to do good, she is ever formost: her inclination is to pitty, or rather she her self is an inclination to pity those that are in misery: and if she can but relieve them, let them deserve what they will, be sure she will relieve them: for she looks not to the party what he is, nor what he hath done, nor what he he deserved: but (which is the comfort of us miserable sinners) she looks at what he suffers, and in how woful and wretched a case he is. Her Plea was thus; What Lord hast thou made all Men in vain? wilt thou now destroy him for whom thou madest the World? shall the housholder be cast out, and thrown into prison, and there remain till he hath paid the utmost Farthing? shall all the Men and Women in the World, from first to last, be damned for ever and ever? alas! What profit is in their Blood? What will it avail to crowd Men and Devils together in Hell-flames? Will not those Devils, the grand Enemies of God, rejoyce at this? And what then will become of thy great Name on Earth? Is not this thy Name? The Lord, the Lord, Merciful, and Gracious, Long-suffering, and abundant in Goodness and Truth, keeping Mercy for Thousands, forgiving Iniquity, Transgressions and Sins? What will the Lord undo his Name? Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favourable no more? Is his Mercy clean gone for ever? Will he be no more entreated? hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in Anger shut up his tender Bowels? With these, and such like holy whisperings or mutterings did Mercy enter into Gods bowels, and make them yern, and melt again into compassions.