The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

1. That God should be pacified with thee after anger, this is exceeding glorious, Isa. 12.1, 2. What is man that the Lord should visit him, or look upon him, though he never had sinned? but to look upon thee, nay to love thee, after provocation by sin, after such wrath, which like fire hath consumed thousand thousands, and burnt down to the bottom of hell, and is now and ever shall be burning upon them; Oh blessed are they that find this favour.

1. That God should be pacified with thee after anger, this is exceeding glorious, Isa. 12.1, 2. What is man that the Lord should visit him, or looke upon him, though he never had sinned? but to look upon thee, nay to love thee, after provocation by sinne, after such wrath, which like fire hath consumed thousand thousands, and burnt downe to the bottome of hell, and is now and ever shall be burning upon them; Oh blessed are they that finde this favour.

2. That the Lord should be pacified wholly and thoroughly, that there should be no anger left •or you to feel. The poor afflicted Church might object against those sweet promises made her, Isa. 27.1, 2, 3. that she felt no love: You are mistaken, saith the Lord, Fury is not in me, vers. 4. Indeed against briars and thorns, and obstinate sinners that prick and cut me to the very ⟨p. 276⟩heart by their impenitency, I have, but none against you: Out of Christ, God is a consuming fire, but in Christ he is nothing else but love, 1 Joh. 4.16. and though there may be fatherly frowns, chastisements, reproofs, and rods, though he may for a time hide his face, shut out thy prayers, defer to fulfil promises, &c. yet all thse are out of pure love to thee, and thou shalt see it, and feel it so in thy latter end,