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Grace triumphant. Or, A notable example [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great…Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great…
Grace triumphant. Or, A notable example [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint. Improved for the direction and encouragement, of them that have sinned exceedingly, to seek salvation from all their sins. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint. Improved for the direction and encouragement, of them that have sinned exceedingly, to seek salvation from all their sins. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by T. Green, 1700
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
But what is the Reason of such a Dispensation in the Providence of God?
The Grand & Sole Reason of it, is, that First Reason of all Reasons, The Pleasure of God. We must fall down before Sovereign Grace, and say, Mat. 11.26. Even so, Father, for […] seemed Good in thy sight.
The Grand & Sole Reason of it, is, that First Reason of all Reasons, The Pleasure of God. We must fall down before Sovereign Grace, and say, Mat. 11.26. Even so, Father, for 〈…〉 seemed Good in thy sight.
More particularly.
First. God will display His own ••finite Mercy, in receiving the Vilest of Sinners to His Mercy. When God will show Mercy, He will do it like a GOD. Hence, as God will have Mercy, on whom He will have Mercy, so He will make the Vilest of