A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

[2.] God will pardon the greatest sins. His infinite compassion cannot exhaust it self by a frequent remission. Mercy holds proportion to Justice; as his Justice punisheth little sins as well as great, so doth mercy pass by great sins as well as little. Your highest sins are the sins of men, but the mercy offered is the mercy of a God.

[2.] God will pardon the greatest sins. His infinite compassion cannot exhaust it self by a frequent remi••ion. Mercy holds proportion to Justice; as his Justice punisheth little sins as well as great, so doth mercy pass by great sins as well as little. Your highest sins are the sins of men, but the mercy offered is the mercy of a God.

The debt you owe is a vast debt, but Christs Satisfaction is of a greater value; and a Kings revenue may well pay a beggars debts, though she owe many thousands, the first day of marriage. Multiplied sins upon repentance shall meet with multiplied pardons, Isay. 55.7. [Greek or Hebrew] abundantly pardon. We cannot vie our sins with Gods mercy. The grace of God and righteousness of Christ which are necessary for the remission of one sin, are infinite, and no more is requisite for the pardon of the greatest, yea of the sins of the whole world, if they were upon thy single score. The grace conferred upon Paul was more than would suit his necessity, 1 Tim. 1.14. [Greek or Hebrew], Superabound, and the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, enough to have pardoned a whole world as well as Paul; like the Sun, that emits as much heat in his beams upon one puddle, as is enough, not only to exhale the moisture of that, but of a 100 more. Suppose thou art the greatest sinner that ever was yet extant in the world; do not think that God, who hath snatched so many firebrands of Hell out of the Devils hands, will neglect such an opportunity to make his grace illustrious upon thy humble Soul. If God hath given thee repentance, it is a certain evidence he will follow it with a pardon, though thy sins be of a deeper scarlet than ever yet was seen upon the earth; for if he did not mean to bestow this, he would never have bestowed upon thee the necessary condition of it. Is there not a sinner can equal thee? Then surely God is wiser than to lose the highest opportunity he yet had to evidence his superlative grace. And therefore,