Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

There are a great many mistakes about God when as men do draw Consequences from what God is in himself, to bring them to what God is in relation to his Creature; and because they cannot reconcile these two; namely, what God is infinitely in himself, (which is above our apprehension) and what God is in his manifestation to the Creature, not being able to r••ncile those Two, they draw most absurd, and vile Consequences from God. Sometimes they look upon God in himself, and sometimes upon God as he is to the Creature, and not being able to distinguish, they mistake the ways of God exceedingly. As thus: If you would look upon God as he is in himself; there are not two Attributes in his Essence: that which we call Mercy, and that which we call Justice, is one and the same in God. That which we call Love, and that which we call Hatred, in God is all one, but in us they are two things: In man, Justice is one thing, and power, is another thing, and patience is another thing, and love is another thing; but in God, all these are but one infinite Essence. And so for actions, sometimes we conceive of God acting one way, and then another way. First, acting in the way of his wrath, and then in the way of his love; but God himself is one pure act, and when we look upon God in himself, we can see him but absolutely one in his own nature, there is no such Attributes as we speak of, it is but only according to mans Capacity, and according to the several ways of the manifestation of Gods own infinite Essence, and of the several actions of God. But when we look upon God in reference to the Creature, we see God as it were divided. As for example: when the Sun shines, and the Beams thereof appear, if you put a green, or a blew, or a red glass between your eye and it, then the reflection will be blew, or green, or red, according to the collar of the glass; yet in the mean time, the Beams of the Sun are all one: then take the same glass that is blew, if you can but make it green, the shining of the Sun will be green to, all the variety is ⟨p. 20⟩in the glass, not in the Sun. So God is the same forever; but according to the several Conditions men are in, so are the workings of God towards that Creature. As now; man in the state of innocency, he was as it were a white clear glass, and God shined there in a way of goodness, and love to man: the same man falls, and is dyed red by his sin;

There are a great many mistakes about God when as men do draw Consequences from what God is in himself, to bring them to what God is in relation to his Creature; and because they cannot reconcile these two; namely, what God is infinitly in himself, (which is above our apprehension) and what God is in his manifestation to the Creature, not being able to rncile those Two, they draw most absurd, and vile Consequences from God. Sometimes they look upon God in himself, and somtimes upon God as he is to the Creature, and not being able to distinguish, they mistake the waies of God exceedingly. As thus: If you would look upon God as he is in himself; there are not two Attributes in his Essence: that which we cal Mercy, and that which we call Iustice, is one and the same in God. That which we call Love, and that which we call Hatred, in God is al one, but in us they are two things: In man, Justice is one thing, and power, is another thing, and patience is another thing, and love is another thing; but in God, al these are but one infinite Essence. And so for actions, somtimes we conceive of God acting one way, and then another way. First, acting in the way of his wrath, and then in the way of his love; but God himself is one pure act, and when we look upon God in himself, we can see him but absolutely one in his own nature, there is no such Attributes as we speak of, it is but onely according to mans Capacity, and according to the several waies of the manifestation of Gods own infinite Essence, and of the several actions of God. But when we look upon God in reference to the Creature, we see God as it were divided. As for example: when the Sun shines, and the Beames thereof appear, if you put a green, or a blew, or a red glasse between your eye and it, then the reflection wil be blew, or green, or red, according to the coler of the glasse; yet in the mean time, the Beams of the Sun are al one: then take the same glasse that is blew, if you can but make it green, the shining of the Sun will be green to, all the variety is