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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 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.
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 shew me thy glory. The Lord answer'd him, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will shew mercy, Exod. 33.19. God's Mercy is his Glory: his Holiness makes him Illustrious, his Mercy makes him Propitious.
Position 6. Even the Worst taste of God's Mercy, such as fight against God's Mercy taste of it: The Wicked have some Crumbs from Mercy's Table; The Lord is good to all, Psal. 145.•. The sweet Dew drops on the Thistle as well as the Rose. The Diocese where Mercy visits is very large. Pharaoh's Head was crowned, though his Heart was hardened.
Position 6. Even the Worst tast of God's Mercy, such as fight against God's Mercy tast of it: The Wicked have some Crumbs from Mercy's Table; The Lord is good to all, Psal. 145.•. The sweet Dew drops on the Thistle as well as the Rose. The Diocess where Mercy visits is very large. Pharaoh's Head was crown'd, though his Heart was hardned.