The Sincere Convert

10. He is a just and merciful God, just in himself, and so will punish all sin: merciful in the face of Christ, and so will punish no sin. A just GOD against an hard-hearted sinner, a merciful God towards an humble sinner. God is not all Mercy and no Justice, nor all Justice and no Mercy. Submit to him, his mercy embraceth thee. Resist ⟨p. 23⟩him, his justice pursues thee. When a Child of God is humbled indeed, commonly he makes God a hardhearted cruel God, loth to help; and saith, can such a sinner be pardoned? a wicked man that was never humbled makes God a God of clouts, one that (howsoever he speaks heavy words, yet he is a merciful God, and) will not do as he saith, and he finds it no difficult work to believe the greatest sin may be pardoned: conceive therefore of him as you have heard.

10. He is a just and mercifull God, just in himselfe, and so will punish all sinne: mercifull in the face of Christ, and so will punish no sinne. A just GOD against an hard-hearted sinner, a mercifull God towards an humble sinner. God is not all Mercy and no Justice, nor all Justice and no Mercy. Submit to him, his mercy embraceth thee. Resist ⟨p. 23⟩him, his justice pursues thee. When a Child of God is humbled indeed, commonly hee makes God a hardhearted cruell God, loth to helpe; and saith, can such a sinner bee pardoned? a wicked man that was never humbled makes God a God of clouts, one that (howsoever he speaks heavie words, yet he is a mercifull God, and) will not doe as he saith, and hee findes it no difficult worke to beleeve the greatest sinne may be pardoned: conceive therefore of him as you have heard.

Thirdly, God is glorious in his Persons, §IIIwhich are three; Father begetting, Son begotten, and the Holy Ghost the third person proceeding. Here the Father is called the Father of glory,