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 every new mercy we receive from God, is a new kindness; ¹and the more kindness we sin against, the more unkind it is to sin, and the more shame to be so unkind to that God that is so kind to us. Caesar took it very unkindly at the hands of Brutus, upon whom he had bestowed so many favours, when he came to stab him: What thou my son Brutus! God takes it very unkindly when a Nation upon whom he hath bestowed great mercies, commits great sins. And therefore he expostulates ²with the Jews; What iniquity have your Fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, &c. Why are your Fathers so unkind? Neither say they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt? Thus also he complains, Jerem. 31. 32. They have broken my covenant although I was a husband unto them. ³It is a self-confounding sin, to be unkind to a kind God.

Because every new mercy we receive from God, is a new kindnesse; ¹and the more kindnesse we sinne against, the more unkind it is to sinne, and the more shame to be so unkind to that God that is so kind to us. Caesar tooke it very unkindly at the hands of Brutus, upon whom he had bestowed so many favours, when hee came to stab him: What thou my son Brutus! God takes it very unkindly when a Nation upon whom hee hath bestowed great mercies, commits great sinnes. And therefore he expostulates ²with the Jewes; What iniquitie have your Fathers found in mee, that they have gone farre from mee, &c. Why are your Fathers so unkind? Neither say they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Aegypt? Thus also he complaines, Jerem. 31. 32. They have broken my covenant although I was a husband unto them. ³It is a self-confounding sinne, to be unkind to a kind God.