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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.
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, 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 implyes Repenta•ce. 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!
It was of old said, Ye that Love the Lord, Hate Evil. Oh! Sin, Sin, what an Evil, and an Hateful Thing wilt thou appear unto us, when we have the Lovely Goodness of God before our Eyes! Yea, Inasmuch as God is good, we must believe, That His Commandment is always Holy & Righteous, & Good. If the Commandment be good, Say, O Reasonable Soul, whether it be not an Evil Thing to Transgress the Commandment? It is Repentance to count it so. The more Good we see that GOD is, the more Vile we hall see that SIN is. The goodness of