Gospel remission, or, A treatise showing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…Gospel remission, or, A treatise shewing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…

Further, Though it be through the mercy of God to pardon sin; yet it does not work thus, viz. You have sinned, and my law requires such and such obedience, to be performed on such terms, or else you must perish, but I through my mercy will remit something of the rigour and strictness of the Law: And most people confess, that by the strictness of the Law they are condemned, but they hope the mercy of God will grant some remission of the Law; as it is with men, if all Penal statutes should be executed it would be very hard; but there is a Chancery to abate something of the rigour, and strictness of penal statutes; and thus men think to come to have pardon, and deal with God after the manner of men; you think the crying to God for mercy will abate something of the strictness, and severity of the Law; but you mistake in taking this way to get peace and reconciliation with God; to look upon Gods mercy to lye in this, to remit something of the strictness and severity of the Law: No but the work of Gods mercy lies in this, to find out a surety for you, and to transact the debt upon him.

Further, Though it be through the mercy of God to pardon sin; yet it does not work thus, viz. You have sinned, and my law requires such and such obedience, to be performed on such tearms, or else you must perish, but I through my mercy will remit something of the rigour and strictness of the Law: And most people confess, that by the strictness of the Law they are condemn'd, but they hope the mercy of God will grant some remission of the Law; as it is with men, if all Penal statutes should be executed it would be very hard; but there is a Chancery to abate something of the rigour, and strictness of penal statutes; and thus men think to come to have pardon, and deal with God after the manner of men; you think the crying to God for mercy wil abate something of the strictness, and severity of the Law; but you mistake in taking this way to get peace and reconciliation with God; to look upon Gods mercy to lye in this, to remit something of the strictness and severity of the Law: No but the work of Gods mercy lyes in this, to finde out a surety for you, and to transact the debt upon him.

Further, Consider the work of Gods mercy in justification of a sinner, when faith lays hold upon it faith, must not lay hold upon it as a mere single Act; but look at all the concomitants of the work of Gods grace, in making way for the justification of a sinner: The mercy of God works many ways, and faith must exercise it self on Gods grace, according to the multiplicity of the work of it, in bringing about the justification of a sinner; as thus, you have sinned and you cry to God for pardon, but the mercy of God does not work thus to pardon you, as tis a single act, but the mercy of God works thus to mankind. First, he is pleased to enter into a second covenant with mankind after he had broken the first. A second work of Gods mercy, is to set his wisdom on work to find out a way how mankind should be reconciled unto him, and his sin pardoned, and yet that God should be no looser; this was the work of his infinite wisdom. And Thirdly, when this is found out, this can be done no other way, but only through the Son of God taking mans nature upon him, and suffer for him; then here's the mercy of God, to be willing to send his Son to mediate for poor creatures; and then a