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every_o where_o to_o repent_v act._n 17.30_o to_o believe_v and_o yield_v obedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n upon_o pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n mark_n 16.16_o joh._n 12.48_o 1_o thes_n 1.8.2_o 10_o 11_o 12._o heb._n 2.3_o 10_o 28_o 29._o 1_o joh._n 5.10_o joh._n 3.18.36_o rom._n 2.45_o now_o i_o can_v see_v how_o it_o can_v stand_v with_o that_o goodness_n and_o sweetness_n which_o dwell_v in_o god_n and_o that_o fullness_n and_o riches_n of_o mercy_n which_o the_o scripture_n manifest_a to_o be_v in_o he_o to_o require_v impossibility_n of_o his_o creature_n and_o then_o in_o flame_a fire_n to_o render_v vengeance_n to_o they_o for_o not_o performance_n obâ—ect_n god_n may_v do_v whatever_o he_o will_v and_o who_o shall_v question_v he_o answ_n it_o be_v true_a god_n may_v do_v whatever_o he_o will_v but_o he_o will_v do_v all_o thing_n like_o himself_o suitable_a to_o his_o nature_n for_o though_o god_n be_v infinite_a in_o power_n yet_o be_v his_o power_n so_o full_a of_o goodness_n that_o it_o can_v effect_v nothing_o which_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o his_o goodness_n and_o those_o that_o advance_v the_o power_n of_o god_n without_o his_o goodness_n do_v deny_v both_o his_o power_n and_o goodness_n now_o he_o proclaim_v himself_o in_o his_o word_n to_o be_v love_n to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n love_v in_o the_o abstract_n to_o those_o which_o do_v neither_o love_v he_o nor_o know_v he_o 1_o joh._n 4.8_o gracious_a long_o suffer_v abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n keep_v mercy_n for_o thousand_o etc._n etc._n exod._n 34.6_o 7._o jonah_n 4.2_o numb_a 14.18_o slow_a to_o anger_n and_o plenteous_a in_o mercy_n psal_n 103.8_o ready_a to_o pardon_v and_o of_o great_a kindness_n nehemiah_n 9.17_o 31._o full_a of_o compassion_n psal_n 86.15_o he_o delight_v to_o exercise_v love_v kindness_n jer._n 9.24_o with_o he_o be_v mercy_n nehem._n 13.22_o psal_n 57.10.117.2_o 2_o sam._n 24.14_o 1_o chron._n 21.13_o psal_n 119.156_o dan_n 9.18_o great_a goodness_n nehemiah_n 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man_n and_o all_o the_o proceed_n of_o god_n with_o his_o creature_n be_v agreeable_a to_o it_o but_o how_o unsuitable_a hereunto_o it_o will_v be_v for_o he_o to_o require_v impossibility_n of_o they_o upon_o pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n in_o hell_n fire_n i_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o judge_v object_n god_n be_v good_a and_o merciful_a to_o lose_v man_n in_o that_o he_o send_v they_o rain_v and_o fruitful_a season_n fill_v their_o heart_n with_o joy_n and_o gladness_n act._n 14._o â—7_n in_o that_o he_o bestow_v many_o outward_a mercy_n on_o they_o and_o use_v much_o outward_a mean_n with_o they_o though_o he_o afford_v they_o not_o mean_n sufficient_a to_o enable_v they_o to_o believe_v and_o live_v acceptable_o in_o the_o use_n of_o all_o answ_n god_n require_v these_o man_n to_o employ_v all_o the_o mercy_n they_o receive_v in_o his_o service_n to_o feed_v the_o hungry_a clothe_v the_o naked_a visit_v the_o sick_a march_n 25.42.43_o he_o require_v a_o improvement_n of_o every_o talon_n that_o he_o deliver_v to_o they_o mat._n 25_o 27.30_o and_o as_o god_n accept_v according_a to_o what_o man_n have_v 2_o cor._n 8.12_o so_o will_v he_o judge_v man_n according_a to_o what_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o he_o where_o he_o give_v much_o he_o will_v require_v much_o luk._n 12.48_o and_o god_n require_v inward_a and_o cordial_a obedience_n where_o he_o afford_v such_o mercy_n and_o mean_n as_o man_n call_v outward_a mercy_n which_o they_o not_o perform_v the_o curse_n of_o god_n be_v pronounce_v against_o they_o and_o so_o the_o more_o mercy_n and_o the_o more_o mean_v they_o have_v have_v here_o the_o great_a misery_n and_o the_o great_a torment_n hereafter_o the_o sweet_a the_o blessing_n the_o more_o bitter_a the_o curse_n for_o ever_o every_o short_a and_o fade_a mercy_n prove_v a_o last_a and_o eternal_a misery_n yea_o christ_n himself_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n the_o mercy_n of_o mercy_n be_v to_o such_o man_n according_a to_o this_o objection_n the_o great_a of_o all_o misery_n and_o that_o of_o invincible_a and_o unavoidable_a necessity_n now_o that_o be_v strange_a mercy_n and_o goodness_n which_o do_v unavoidable_o bring_v misery_n on_o they_o that_o receive_v it_o that_o man_n be_v most_o happy_a that_o partake_v least_o of_o it_o there_o be_v no_o fruit_n to_o be_v have_v therein_o see_v the_o end_n thereof_o be_v death_n object_n god_n require_v man_n to_o keep_v the_o law_n which_o they_o can_v not_o do_v and_o yet_o he_o be_v as_o full_a of_o love_n and_o grace_n then_o as_o now_o answ_n the_o covenant_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n be_v confirm_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o the_o law_n be_v give_v gal._n 3.17_o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v account_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n gen._n 15.6_o rom_n 4.3_o neither_o do_v the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o law_n make_v void_a the_o promise_n gal._n 3.17_o but_o still_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n now_o the_o law_n be_v holy_a just_a and_o good_a rom._n 7.12_o and_o god_n make_v man_n just_a and_o good_a eccles_n 7.29_o gen._n 1.31_o but_o he_o fall_v in_o adam_n from_o that_o primitive_a purity_n and_o perfection_n become_v prone_a to_o all_o kind_n of_o evil_a and_o subject_a to_o death_n now_o the_o law_n do_v not_o bring_v death_n upon_o we_o but_o do_v discover_v what_o we_o be_v liable_a to_o if_o it_o have_v never_o be_v give_v it_o do_v manifest_v what_o the_o law_n of_o our_o creation_n do_v require_v it_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o drown_v man_n in_o hell_n but_o to_o drive_v they_o to_o christ_n gal._n 3.24_o it_o be_v add_v because_o of_o transgression_n gal._n 3.19_o to_o keep_v from_o sin_n to_o discover_v sinâ—_n to_o show_v we_o our_o weakness_n and_o inability_n to_o stand_v before_o god_n in_o our_o own_o righteousness_n rom._n 3.19_o 20_o 23._o lest_o we_o shall_v trust_v in_o ourselves_o and_o be_v deceive_v that_o so_o we_o may_v trust_v in_o the_o mercy_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n alone_o so_o that_o god_n end_n in_o give_v the_o law_n be_v full_a of_o love_n and_o goodness_n the_o law_n be_v never_o alone_a in_o the_o world_n that_o a_o man_n must_v needs_o have_v stand_v or_o fall_v to_o that_o master_n we_o may_v have_v appeal_v from_o the_o law_n to_o the_o gospel_n but_o there_o be_v no_o appeal_n from_o the_o gospel_n the_o law_n do_v only_o pronounce_v that_o death_n upon_o we_o which_o we_o be_v liable_a to_o before_o it_o be_v give_v but_o the_o gospel_n pronounce_v eternal_a death_n in_o hell_n fire_n on_o those_o that_o obey_v be_v not_o which_o punishment_n we_o be_v not_o liable_a to_o either_o in_o relation_n to_o adam_n sin_n or_o the_o law_n for_o the_o sentence_n on_o adam_n be_v in_o die_v thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n gen._n 2.17_o dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v and_o so_o death_n pass_v over_o all_o man_n rom._n 5.12_o chap._n 3.19_o and_o the_o law_n go_v no_o further_o as_o the_o scripture_n do_v 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