The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

29. And all this good is not destroyed, but advantaged and aggravated accidentally by our sin: So that where sin abounded, there grace did superabound, Rom. 5.15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Grace hath taken occasion by sin to be Grace indeed, and to be the greater manifestation of the goodness of God, and the greater obligation for gratitude to the sinner.

30. Lastly, All this Goodness is beautified by harmony; it is all placed in a perfect order. One mercy doth not keep us from another; nor one grace oppose another: nor one duty exclude another. As it is the great declaration of Mercy and Justice wonderfully conspiring in God; (Mercy so used as to magnify Justice; Justice so used as to magnify Mercy, and not only so as to consist) so also it worketh answerably on us: It setteth not Love against filial fear, not joy against necessary sorrow, nor faith against repentance, nor praise and thanksgiving ⟨p. 115⟩against penitent confession of sin, nor true repentance against the profitable use of the creatures, nor the care of our souls against the peace and quiet of our minds, nor care for our families, against contentedness and trusting God, nor our labour against our necessary rest, nor self-denial against the due care of our own welfare, nor patience against due sensibility, and lawful passion, nor mercy to men against true justice, nor public and private good against each, nor doth it set the duty of the Sovereign and the Subject, the Master and the Servant, the Pastor and the Flock, nor yet their interest, in any contrariety; but all parts of Religion know their place; and every duty (even those which seem most opposite) are helpful to each other; and all interests are co-ordinate; and all doth contribute to the good of the whole, and of every part, Ephes. 4.2, 3, 15, 16.

30. Lastly, All this Goodness is beautified by harmony; it is all placed in a perfect order. One mercy doth not keep us from another; nor one grace oppose another: nor one duty exclude another. As it is the great declaration of Mercy and Justice wonderfully conspiring in God; (Mercy so used as to magnifie Justice; Justice so used as to magnifie Mercy, and not only so as to consist) so also it worketh answerably on us: It setteth not Love against filial fear, not joy against necessary sorrow, nor faith against repentance, nor praise and thanksgiving