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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.
A Monument of Divine & Glorious GOODNESS· WITH An HISTORY of what t… › APPLICATION
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.
O Man, Despisest thou the Riches of the Goodness of God, while thou art not by that Goodness, Effectually Led unto Repentance? Yes, Thou verily dost so. But, Behold, O Despiser, and wonder at thy own madness, and Repent, that so thou mayest not Perish wonderfully! It was the Expostulation of old; Isa. 1.2. Hear, O Heavens and give Ear, O Earth; for the Lord hath spoken; I have nourished & brought up Children, and they have Rebelled against me. And not unlike to this, may be our Expostulation with Ungodly men; Hear, O Heavens, and give Ear, O Earth; The Goodness of God unto these persons has been infinitely beyond the goodness of any Father in the world; and yet they live in daily Rebellion against Him. Ah, Sinners, Are you not afraid, that the Lord of Hosts will at last employ all the Armies both in the Heavens, and on the Earth, to Execute His Revenges upon such Unrepenting Wretches and Rebels?
O Man, Despisest thou the Riches of the Goodness of God, while thou art not by that Goodness, Effectually Led unto Repentance? Yes, Thou verily dost so. But, Behold, O Despiser, and wonder at thy own madness, and Repent, that so thou mayest not Perish wonderfully! It was the Expostula•ion of old; Isa. 1.2. Hear, O Heavens and give Ear, O Earth; for the Lord hath spoken; I have nourished & brought up Children, and they have Rebelled against me. And not unlike to this, may be our Expostulation with Ungodly men; Hear, O Heavens, and give Ear, O Earth; The Goodness of God unto these persons has been infinitely beyond the goodness of any Father in the world; and yet they live in daily Rebellion against Him. Ah, Sinners, Are you not afraid, that the Lord of Hosts will at last employ all the Armies both in the Heavens, and on the Earth, to Execute His Revenges upon such Unrepenting Wretches and Rebels?
To carry on this Expostulation, We will propose to Consideration.