III. Can they be any other than Ungodly Men, who from the Readiness of the Divine Mercy for the Pardoning of Sin, Encourage themselves ⟨p. 8⟩to be the Readier in the Committing of Sin? Lord, Thou art READY TO PARDON! Who can hear such a Word, and the Grace of it not melt the Heart of Stone within him? The Grace of God, in Pardoning of Sin, 'tis Wonderful; 'Tis Wonderful! When we are Justified, it is, Freely by His Grace. It is the Name of our God, Exod. XXXIV. 6, 7. The Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, and abundant in Goodness, Forgiving Iniquity, and Transgression, and Sin. For Monsters of Wickedness, to be made Monuments of Pardoning Mercy; For Monstrous Menassehs, and Mary Magdalenes, to be received into the Favour of God, and be favoured by a Reconciled God as much as if they had never Sinned against Him! For all manner of Sin and Blasphemy to be forgiven unto men; and a Fountain set open, to which the most abominable Creatures in the World, are invited, there to Wash and be Clean: What but Infinite Grace can do such a thing! You shall now, but Oh! do it not without Horror! See what Improvement Ungodly Men will make of such Grace: An Improvement which one would wonder that any but a Devil should presume upon! They will Venture to Sin, in Hope of a Pardon. Perhaps, they will be so Senseless, and Sottish, and Exceeding Sinful, as to flatter themselves, that a, God forgive me, or a, Lord, Have Mercy upon me, will at any time obtain a Pardon for them. This Emboldens them to Sin, with a Prodigious Obstinacy; to be Stout hearted, and far from Righteousness: They stick at no Abominations. There is a God that will have Mercy, and will abundantly Pardon; So they will hold on Sinning, and Sin abundantly. ⟨p. 9⟩And because there have been Some called, at the Eleventh Hour, and then found Mercy with God; therefore they will Sin on, Sin with Many Transgressions and Mighty Sins, and put off till the Last Hour, the necessary Addresses to Heaven for Mercy. They Persist in Enmity and Rebellion against the Glorious God all their Days; they Presume, 'tis only to Ask and Have a Pardon at the Last. Hideous Ungodliness! We read, Psal. CXXXIV. 4 O Lord, There is Forgiveness with thee, that thou ma•st be feared. But now, to say; There is Forgiveness with God, therefore I will cast off His Fear, and Go on without His Fear; O Vile Perversion!
III. Can they be any other than Ungodly Men, who from the Readiness of the Divine Mercy for the Pardoning of Sin, Encourage themselves ⟨p. 8⟩to be the Readier in the Committing of Sin? Lord, Thou art READY TO PARDON! Who can hear such a Word, and the Grace of it not melt the Heart of Stone within him? The Grace of God, in Pardoning of Sin, 'tis Wonderful; 'Tis Wonderful! When we are Justifyed, it is, Freely by His Grace. It is the Name of our God, Exod. XXXIV. 6, 7. The Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, and abundant in Goodness, Forgiving Iniquity, and Transgression, and Sin. For Monsters of Wickedness, to be made Monuments of Pardoning Mercy; For Monstrous Menassehs, and Mary Magdalenes, to be received into the Favour of God, and be favoured by a Reconciled God as much as if they had never Sinned against Him! For all manner of Sin and Blasphemy to be forgiven unto men; and a Fountain set open, to which the most abominable Creatures in the World, are invited, there to Wash and be Clean: What but Infinite Grace can do such a thing! You shall now, but Oh! do it not without Horror! See what Improvement Ungodly Men will make of such Grace: An Improvement which one would wonder that any but a Devil should presume upon! They will Venture to Sin, in Hope of a Pardon. Perhaps, they will be so Senseless, and Sottish, and Exceeding Sinful, as to flatter themselves, that a, God forgive me, or a, Lord, Have Mercy upon me, will at any time obtain a Pardon for them. This Emboldens them to Sin, with a Prodigious Obstinancy; to be Stout hearted, and far from Righteousness: They stick at no Abominations. There is a God that will have Mercy, and will abundantly Pardon; So they will hold on Sinning, and Sin abundantly. ⟨p. 9⟩And because there have been Some called, at the Eleventh Hour, and then found Mercy with God; therefore they will Sin on, Sin with Many Transgressions and Mighty Sins, and put off till the Last Hour, the necessary Addresses to Heaven for Mercy. They Persist in Enmity and Rebellion against the Glorious God all their Days; they Presume, 'tis only to Ask and Have a Pardon at the Last. Hideous Ungodliness! We read, Psal. CXXXIV. 4 O Lord, There is Forgiveness with thee, that thou ma•st be feared. But now, to say; There is Forgiveness with God, therefore I will cast off His Fear, and Go on without His Fear; O Vile Perversion!
