A65285:391
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Position 3. There is no Condition but we may spy Mercy in it: When the Church was in Captivity, she cries out, It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, Lam. 3.22. Geographers write of Syracuse in Sicily, it is so situated that the Sun is never out of sight. In all Afflictions we may see some Sunshine of Mercy. That outward and inward Troubles do not come together, is Mercy.
Position 3. There is no Condition but we may spie Mercy in it: When the Church was in Captivity, she cries out, It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, Lam. 3.22. Geographers write of Syracuse in Sicily, it is so scituated that the Sun is never out of sight. In all Afflictions we may see some Sunshine of Mercy. That outward and inward Troubles do not come together, is Mercy.
Position 4. Mercy sweetens all God's other Attributes: God's Holiness without Mercy, and his Justice without Mercy were Terrible. When the Water was bitter, and Israel could not drink, Moses cast a Tree into the Water, and then they were made sweet. How bitter and dreadful were the other Attributes of God, did not Mercy sweeten them; Mercy sets God's Power on work to help us; it makes his Justice become our Friend; it shall avenge our Quarrels.
Position 5. God's Mercy is one of the most Orient Pearls of his Crown; it makes his Godhead appear amiable and lovely. When Moses said to God, I beseech thee show me thy glory. The Lord answered him, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will show mercy, Exod. 33.19. God's Mercy is his Glory: his Holiness makes him Illustrious, his Mercy makes him Propitious.