An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

3. They are sure mercies to all the godly. Isa. 55. 3. They are called, The sure mercies of David. For all necessary mercies, either for soul or body, they are bound up in Gods promise; and therefore they may well be called sure mercies; even those thou hast not yet, are as sure mercies, as if thou wast already possessed of them. Glorification and salvation are the sure mercies of God to thee, though for the present thou art in a valley of tears, sighing under thy miseries.

4. They are free mercies, such as God doth only for his Names sake, when we ⟨p. 147⟩have nothing but sin in us, that may justly provoke God to turn his mercies into judgments, yet for his own sake he will be merciful. Though we have lost our grace, yet he hath not that attribute of mercy. Thus Psal. 6. 4. Psal. 31. 16. David still prayeth, Save me for thy mercies sake; So that this may greatly encourage thee, when thou thinkest, Oh what a barren and dry wilderness am I! Oh what matter do I find in me, to displease God for ever! In the midst of these thoughts remember Gods mercies are free; They have no other original or rise, but from himself. Think though I have degenerated from my holiness, yet God can never lay aside his mercy.

4. They are free mercies, such as God doth only for his Names sake, when we ⟨p. 147⟩have nothing but sinne in us, that may justly provoke God to turn his mercies into judgments, yet for his own sake he will be mercifull. Though we have lost our grace, yet he hath not that attribute of mercy. Thus