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The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements…
The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements thereof: and more particularly in the redemption remarkably obtained for the English captives, which have been languishing under the tragical, and the terrible and the most barbarous cruelties of barbary. : [Six lines from Psalms]
printed by T. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
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.
Surely, An Heart well-steeped in the Oil of such goodness will be no longer able to Resist the Calls unto Repentance! When we are assured, Lam. 3.25. The Lord is good unto the Soul that seeks Him; it naturally Leads us to Resolve, O my God, I will seek thee, I will seek thee, & no longer Sin against thee!
Surely, An Heart well-steeped in the Oyl of such goodness will be no longer able to Resist the Calls unto Repentance! When we are assured, Lam. 3.25. The Lord is good unto the Soul that seeks Him; it naturally Leads us to Resolve, O my God, I will seek thee, I will seek thee, & no longer Sin against thee!
Secondly, The Goodness of God Leads us to reckon Sin, the most unreasonable and abominable Evil. Since God is Goodness it self, what must that be, that is contrary ⟨p. 18⟩to God? Certainly, Sin must be very Evil, because it is contrary to Goodness it self. Tis with good Reason, that Sin is called, Joh. 17 15. The Evil. But the Goodness of God then pronounces it an unreasonable Thing to Sin against God; and loudly calls upon us, To abhor that which is Evil: And such Abhorrence implies Repentance. When we are Tempted unto any sin, how deaf are we to the most powerful Charms that ever were heard, if we do not now hear the Goodness of God thus Charming of us, Oh! Do not this abominable Thing, which is hateful to the Soul of God, & of Goodness!
Secondly, The Goodness of God Leads us to reckon Sin, the most unreasonable and abominable Evil. Since God is Goodness it self, what must that be, that is contrary ⟨p. 18⟩to God? Certainly, Sin must be very Evil, because it is contrary to Goodness it self. Tis with good Reason, that Sin is called,