Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

First: God spared not: If mercy, pity, and forbearance might be expected ¹from any hand, surely it might be expected from God. He is the Fountain of mercy. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy, saith the Apostle, Jam. 5. 11. The most melting and tender compassions of a Mother to her Sucking Child, are but cruelty in comparison with divine tenderness and mercy, Isa. 49. 15. Can a Woman forget her sucking Child, that she should not have compassion upon the Son of her Womb; yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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Can a Woman, the more affectionate Sex forget her sucking Child, her own Child, and not a Nursing child only; her own Child whilst it hangs on her breast, and with the Milk from her breast, draws love from her heart? Can such a thing as this be in Nature? Possibly it may; some such cruel Mothers may be found, but yet I will not forget thee, saith God. Though humane corrupt Nature may be so vitiated, yet from the Divine nature compassion and mercy are inseparable. It flows as waters flow from their Fountain; only here it restrained it self, and let not out one drop to Jesus Christ in the day of his sufferings. God, the God of mercy spared not.

Secondly: God spared not, saith the Text (i. e.) he abated not any thing ¹which Justice could inflict. Christ was not spared one stroke, one tear, one groan, one drop, one sigh, one shame, one circumstance, no not the least, which Justice could demand as satisfaction for mans sin.