A Body of Practical Divinity

2. The Mercy God shows is Powerful. How Powerful is that Mercy which softens an Heart of Stone? Mercy changed Mary Magdalens Heart, out of whom Seven Devils were cast. She who was an Inflexible Adamant, Mercy made her a weeping Penitent. Gods Mercy works sweetly, yet irresistibly; it allures, yet conquers. The Law may terrify, Mercy doth mollify. Of what Sovereign Power and Efficacy is that Mercy which subdues the Pride and Enmity of the Heart, and beats off those Chains of Sin in which the Soul is held!

2. The Mercy God shews is Powerful. How Powerful is that Mercy which softens an Heart of Stone? Mercy changed Mary Magdalens Heart, out of whom Seven Devils were cast. She who was an Inflexible Adamant, Mercy made her a weeping Penitent. Gods Mercy works sweetly, yet irresistibly; it allures, yet conquers. The Law may terrifie, Mercy doth mollifie. Of what Sovereign Power and Efficacy is that Mercy which subdues the Pride and Enmity of the Heart, and beats off those Chains of Sin in which the Soul is held!

3. The Mercy which God shows is superabundant, Exod. 34.6. Abundant in Goodness, showing Mercy to Thousands. God visits Iniquity only to the Third and Fourth Generation, Exod. 20.5. But he shows Mercy to a Thousand Generations. The Lord hath Treasures of Mercy lying by, therefore he is said to be Plenteous in Mercy, Psal. 86.5. And Rich in Mercy, Ephes. 2.4. The Viol of God's Wrath doth but drop, but the Fountain of his Mercy runs. The Sun is not so full of Light, as God is of Love.

3. The Mercy which God shews is superabundant, Exod. 34.6