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A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applied / by Geo. Swinnocke ...A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applyed / by Geo. Swinnocke ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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Treatise › Chapter 9: God incomparable in his Mercy and Patience.
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The Attribute of Mercy is that which God glorieth in, and boasteth of, Exod. 33.19. Psal. 103.8. Noble and Heroic Spirits are ever gentle and merciful: The basest Minds are most cruel, and farthest from Mercy. God saith, Fury is not in him, Isaiah 27.4. Judgment is his strange Work, Isaiah 28.21. He doth not afflict willingly, Lament. 3.33. But delighteth in the Prosperity of his Servants, Psalm 35.27. It's not his Nature to disturb and ⟨p. 90⟩destroy Men, it's their Sin that forceth Thunderbolts into his Hands, Isaiah 44.22. His delight is in Mercy, Micah 7.18. The blessed God hath multitude of Mercies, Psal. 51.1. To answer the multitude of the Creatures Miseries, Abundant mercy, 1 Pet. 1.3. He is said to be rich in mercy, Ephes. 2.4. Exceeding abundant rich in mercy, Ephes. 2.7. His Mercy, as Oil, swims on the top of all his Attributes, is his delight, Jer. 32.41. I will rejoice over them, to do them good. His Mercy, as Gold, being most excellent, over-layeth all his Works, Psal. 145.7. His tender mercy is over all his Works. His Mercy is to all admiration: O how excellent is thy loving kindness,