A discourse of the saving grace of God

(19.) It is inconsistent with the Perfections and Attributes of God; with his Mercy, Power, Wisdom, Truth and Faithfulness, with his Sovereignty and Government of the World, and other Divine Excellencies. But, that I may not stay too long on this Subject, let me insist only on these mentioned.

(19.) It is inconsistent with the Perfections and Attributes of God; with his Mercy, Power, Wisdom, Truth and Faithfulness, with his Soveraignty and Government of the World, and other Divine Excellencies. But, that I may not stay too long on this Subject, let me insist only on these mentioned.

1. It Defaces the Mercy of God, and ⟨p. 94⟩makes it in effect no Mercy. They pretend indeed to represent God under such a Notion as will endear him, and render him lovely to the World, upon the account of his Mercy and Goodness, the Extensiveness and Universality; but when their Pretensions are strictly and impartially examined, they prove quite of another tendency: That Mercy which they ascribe to God, is without an Object, or without Effect, or without Grace; a Mercy which is not an Honour to him, nor an Endearment of him to others.

1. It Defaces the Mercy of God, and ⟨p. 94⟩makes it in effect no Mercy. They pretend indeed to represent God under such a Notion as will indear him, and render him lovely to the World, upon the account of his Mercy and Goodness, the Extensiveness and Universality; but when their Pretensions are strictly and impartially examined, they prove quite of another tendency: That Mercy which they ascribe to God, is without an Object, or without Effect, or without Grace; a Mercy which is not an Honour to him, nor an Indearment of him to others.