Gods free mercy to England presented as a precious and powerful motive to humiliationGods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation

Because he that sins with the mercies of God, fights against God ¹with his own weapons, which must needs provoke God. Suppose a man should come into a Smiths shop, and take up the Smiths own hammer, and knock him on the head, this were to commit a double sin, not only to kill the Smith, but to kill him with his own hammer. Such a double sin are they guilty of, who the more wit they have, the more they plot against God, and the more health, and honour, and wealth, the more they despise God and his Commandments, with their wealth and honour. If a Chirurgeon should freely bestow pains and charge to cure a man of a lame hand, and he should as soon as ever he is cured kill this Chirurgeon with his cured hand, this were a horrible ingratitude, and a provoking sin. Thus do they, that when they are delivered from sickness and made whole, fall presently to sinning against God with their health. This sin is so great, that the Apostle cries out, Shall I take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an Harlot? God forbid; the word in the Syriac is, God forgive: God forbid, God forgive, I should be so vile and wicked.

Because he that sins with the mercies of God, fights against God ¹with his owne weapons, which must needes provoke God. Suppose a man should come into a Smiths shop, and take up the Smiths owne hammer, and knocke him on the head, this were to commit a double sin, not onely to kill the Smith, but to kill him with his owne hammer. Such a double sin are they guilty of, who the more wit they have, the more they plot against God, and the more health, and honour, and wealth, the more they despise God and his Commandements, with their wealth and honour. If a Chirurgeon should freely bestow paines and charge to cure a man of a lame hand, and he should as soone as ever he is cured kill this Chirurgeon with his cured hand, this were a horrible ingratitude, and a provoking sin. Thus do they, that when they are delivered from sicknesse and made whole, fall presently to sinning against God with their health. This sin is so great, that the Apostle cries out, Shall I take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an Harlot? God forbid; the word in the Syriake is, God forgive: God forbid, God forgive, I should be so vile and wicked.

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