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

Reason. 4.

Because that the Goodness of God to his people, as it cometh from an eternal fountain, so it is let out for the accomplishments of eternal ends; Gods intentions in his ⟨p. 382⟩Goodness to his saints, it is to raise up to himself an eternal name of praise and honour in the world, and not only here, but in heaven, in the highest heavens eternally, that is Gods scope not only in some mercies, but observe it in every mercy that God bestows upon a saint, upon his children, (I say) every mercy every outward mercy God hath this end in it, to raise up him self a name of eternal praise by it, and therefore despise no mercy though it be never so little, for Gods end in the least mercy thou hast, in every crumb of bread thou eatest, it is to raise up himself an eternal name of praise, even from that mercy, but take the greatest mercy that God bestows upon the veriest worldling through his general bounty, God hath not such an end in it as he hath in this? God may take notice of them for a while, and there is an end of them, but in his Goodness towards his people, there God intendeth a glorious edifice, to raise up a building that shall be to his eternal praise, and therefore when as one layeth a stone to raise up a high building, he lays it so as he fitteth it for another stone to be laid upon it, if I lay some ruins of a building, but only a heap of stones, I care not how I lay them, but if I intend to raise up a building, then I lay one stone as it may prepare for another; So doth God in his dealing with the wicked, he heaps his mercies upon them, let them come as they will, but when he dispenseth his mercy to his people, then he intendeth a building, and he lays them in that order, and in that rank, first one and then another, so as when he hath laid one, if we understand what that mercy is, one may see an impression in that mercy for another, as it were calling for another mercy to be laid upon it. These are the special grounds why Gods mercies to his people, are but preparations for further and further mercies; but because I would not be hindered (especially in the close of this) I will pass by any thing that may be further spoken concerning the grounds.