Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Fourthly, when the Law was broken there was but one breach to God, but in rejecting of the Gospel there is a is a double Law transgressed, for when we had cast our selves into a desperate condition with Adam, God offered us an help and means of recovery, now the refusing of this makes sin the greater, by how much the more the mercy is the greater, with the Angels Gods intent was to exercise only a single, mercy, and therefore a peremptory command was given them; If you will obey you shall live. But now this was not only offered to mankind, but a second mercy was also offered a greater then ever was offered to the Angels, now God offereth thee a board to swim upon, after ship-rack; to the Angels God would show but one kind of mercy, to mankind a double mercy, a sparing mercy, a merciful mercy, and so a severer kind of justice upon the refusal of it; and therefore the reprobates that live in the Church shall exceed the Devils in Hell in judgement, because they have had more mercy tendered to them then ever the Devils had, and therefore in this respect God will exercise on them a more severe kind of justice. Let all these things teach you how dangerous it is to disobey the Gospel and to refuse Christ.

Fourthly, when the Law was broken there was but one breach to God, but in rejecting of the Gospel there is a is a double Law transgrest, for when we had cast our selves into a desperate condition with Adam, God offered us an help and means of recovery, now the refusing of this makes sin the greater, by how much the more the mercy is the greater, with the Angels Gods intent was to exercise onely a single, mercy, and therefore a peremptory command was given them; If you will obey you shall live. But now this was not onely offered to mankind, but a second mercy was also offered a greater then ever was offered to the Angels, now God offereth thee a board to swim upon, after ship-rack; to the Angels God would show but one kind of mercy, to mankind a double mercy, a sparing mercy, a merciful mercy, and so a severer kind of justice upon the refusal of it; and therefore the reprobates that live in the Church shall exceed the Devils in Hell in judgement, because they have had more mercy tendred to them then ever the Devils had, and therefore in this respect God will exercise on them a more severe kind of justice. Let all these things teach you how dangerous it is to disobey the Gospel and to refuse Christ.