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Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy
Useful instructions for a professing people in times of great security and degeneracy: delivered in several sermons on solemn occasions: / by Mr. Samuel Willard Pastor of the Church of Christ at Groton. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green, 1673
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reas. 3. For the advancement of his glory by his patience, God aims at himself, his own glory in all his doings: now by this Clemency of his he will gain honour, either to his mercy in their welfare, or his justice in their ruin; which every way God will be a gainer hereby: if they repent how will they magnify his patience and so bearance: if they be obstinate and perish, how eminently will he clear his justice in their ruin?
Reas. 3. For the advancement of his glory by his patience, God aims at himself, his own glory in all his doings: now by this Clemency of his he will gaine honour, either to his mercy in their welfare, or his justice in their ruine; which every way God will be a gainer hereby: if they repent how will they magnifie his patience and so bearance: if they be obstinate and perish, how eminently will he clear his justice in their ruine?
Use 1. This may convince us how unreasonable a thing it is to sin against God: is God so unwilling to punish, so desirous to do us good, so ready to pardon us, who would sin against, and provoke such a God? bold, presumptuous, and horrible is that spirit of iniquity, that makes Gods patience and mercy his encouragement to sin; would we deal so […], who would take encouragement? to vex and anger one that is good and patient to us: that is the aggravation of their sin Psal. […] 43. their deliverances were the occasion of their presumption to […].
Use 1. This may convince us how unreasonable a thing it is to sin against God: is God so unwilling to punish, so desirous to do us good, so ready to pardon us, who would sin against, and provoke such a God? bold, presumptuous, and horrible is that spirit of iniquity, that makes Gods patience and mercy his encouragement to sin; would we deal so 〈…〉, who would take encoucagement? to vex and anger one that is good and patient to us: that is the aggravation of their sin Psal. 〈…〉 43. their deliverances were the occasion of their presumption to 〈…〉.