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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 9
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The four and thirtieth Excuse. But Gods nature is so Good and Merciful, that sure he will not damn his own creature.
Answ. 1. A merciful Judge will hang a man for a fault against man: By proportion then what is due for sin against God?
2. All the death and calamity ⟨p. 163⟩which you see in the world, comes from the anger of this merciful God: why then may not future misery come from it?
3. God knoweth his own mercy better then you do; and he hath told you how far it shall extend.