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to_o other_o in_o suffer_v and_o forgive_a they_o that_o have_v injure_v we_o god_n will_v be_v so_o to_o we_o he_o will_v pardon_v our_o sin_n to_o we_o prov._n 16.5_o by_o mercy_n and_o truth_n iniquity_n be_v purge_v 2._o sam._n 22.26_o with_o the_o merciful_a thou_o will_v show_v thyself_o merciful_a prov._n 14.21_o he_o that_o have_v mercy_n on_o the_o poor_a happy_a be_v he_o prov._n 21.21_o he_o that_o follow_v after_o mercy_n find_v life_n matth._n 6.14_o if_o you_o forgive_v man_n their_o trespass_n your_o heavenly_a father_n will_v also_o forgive_v you_o but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o we_o be_v malicious_a and_o revengeful_a and_o implacable_a to_o those_o that_o have_v offend_v we_o and_o inexorable_a to_o those_o who_o desire_v to_o be_v receive_v to_o favour_n and_o cruel_a to_o those_o who_o lie_v at_o our_o mercy_n hard_o heart_v to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o necessity_n what_o can_v we_o expect_v but_o that_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n will_v leave_v we_o that_o he_o 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hundred_o penny_n he_o lay_v hand_n on_o he_o and_o take_v he_o by_o the_o throat_n and_o roundly_o demand_v payment_n of_o he_o he_o fall_v down_o at_o his_o foot_n and_o use_v the_o same_o form_n of_o supplication_n that_o he_o have_v use_v to_o his_o lord_n but_o he_o reject_v his_o request_n and_o put_v he_o in_o prison_n now_o what_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o he_o v._o 32_o 33_o 34._o o_o thou_o wicked_a servant_n i_o forgive_v thou_o all_o the_o debt_n because_o thou_o desire_v i_o shall_v not_o thou_o also_o have_v have_v compassion_n on_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n even_o as_o i_o have_v pity_n on_o thou_o and_o the_o lord_n be_v wroth_a and_o deliver_v he_o to_o the_o tormentor_n till_o he_o shall_v pay_v all_o that_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o now_o what_o application_n do_v our_o saviour_n make_v of_o this_o v._o 35._o so_o likewise_o shall_v my_o heavenly_a father_n do_v also_o unto_o you_o if_o you_o from_o your_o heart_n forgive_v not_o every_o one_o his_o brother_n their_o trespass_n god_n readiness_n to_o forgive_v we_o shall_v be_v a_o powerful_a motive_n and_o argument_n to_o we_o to_o forgive_v other_o the_o great_a injury_n that_o we_o can_v suffer_v from_o man_n if_o we_o compare_v they_o to_o the_o sin_n that_o we_o commit_v against_o god_n they_o bear_v no_o proportion_n to_o they_o neither_o in_o weight_n nor_o number_n they_o be_v but_o as_o a_o hundred_o penny_n to_o ten_o thousand_o talent_n if_o we_o will_v be_v like_o god_n we_o shall_v forgive_v the_o great_a injury_n he_o pardon_v our_o sin_n though_o they_o be_v exceed_o great_a many_o injury_n though_o offence_n be_v renew_v and_o provocation_n multiply_v for_o so_o god_n do_v to_o we_o he_o pardon_v iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n ex._n 34.7_o be_v 55.7_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n he_o will_v abundant_o pardon_v we_o will_v not_o have_v god_n only_o to_o forgive_v we_o seven_o time_n but_o seventy_o seven_o time_n as_o often_o as_o we_o offend_v he_o so_o shall_v we_o forgive_v our_o brother_n and_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v backward_o to_o this_o work_n god_n be_v ready_a to_o forgive_v we_o neh._n 9.17_o and_o we_o shall_v do_v it_o hearty_o not_o only_o in_o word_n when_o we_o retain_v malice_n in_o our_o heart_n and_o while_o we_o say_v we_o forgive_v carry_v on_o a_o secret_a design_n in_o our_o heart_n of_o revenge_a ourselves_o when_o we_o have_v opportunity_n but_o we_o shall_v from_o our_o heart_n forgive_v every_o one_o for_o so_o god_n do_v to_o we_o who_o when_o he_o forgive_v we_o cast_v our_o iniquity_n behind_o his_o back_n and_o throw_v they_o into_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o blot_v out_o our_o transgression_n so_o as_o to_o remember_v our_o iniquity_n no_o more_o if_o we_o do_v not_o do_v thus_o every_o time_n we_o put_v up_o the_o petition_n to_o god_n forgive_v we_o our_o trespass_n as_o we_o forgive_v they_o that_o trespass_n against_o we_o we_o do_v not_o pray_v for_o mercy_n but_o for_o judgement_n we_o invoke_v his_o wrath_n and_o do_v not_o put_v up_o a_o prayer_n but_o a_o dreadful_a imprecation_n against_o ourselves_o we_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o our_o own_o condemnation_n and_o importune_v god_n not_o to_o forgive_v we_o use_v 4._o if_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v so_o great_a this_o may_v comfort_v we_o against_o despair_n sinner_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v deject_v when_o they_o consider_v their_o unworthiness_n the_o nature_n and_o number_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o many_o heavy_a aggravation_n of_o they_o they_o be_v apt_a to_o say_v with_o cain_n that_o their_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o can_v be_v forgive_v but_o do_v not_o look_v only_o upon_o thy_o sin_n but_o upon_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n thou_o can_v not_o be_v too_o sensible_a of_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n and_o of_o the_o desert_n of_o it_o but_o whilst_o we_o aggravate_v our_o sin_n we_o must_v not_o lessen_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n when_o we_o consider_v the_o multitude_n of_o our_o sin_n we_o must_v consider_v also_o the_o multitude_n of_o god_n tender_a mercy_n we_o have_v be_v great_a sinner_n and_o god_n be_v of_o great_a mercy_n we_o have_v multiply_v our_o provocation_n and_o he_o multiply_v to_o pardon_v do_v but_o thou_o put_v thyself_o in_o a_o capacity_n of_o mercy_n by_o repent_v of_o thy_o sin_n and_o forsake_v of_o they_o and_o thou_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v but_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n will_v receive_v thou_o if_o we_o confess_v our_o sin_n he_o be_v merciful_a and_o faithful_a to_o forgive_v they_o if_o we_o have_v offend_v man_n as_o we_o have_v do_v god_n we_o may_v despair_v of_o pardon_n but_o it_o be_v god_n and_o not_o man_n that_o we_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o and_o his_o way_n be_v not_o as_o our_o way_n nor_o his_o thought_n as_o our_o thought_n but_o as_o the_o heaven_n be_v high_a above_o the_o earth_n so_o be_v his_o way_n above_o our_o way_n and_o his_o thought_n above_o our_o thought_n we_o can_v be_v more_o injurious_a to_o god_n than_o by_o hard_a thought_n of_o he_o as_o if_o fury_n be_v in_o he_o and_o when_o we_o have_v provoke_v he_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v appease_v and_o reconcile_v to_o we_o we_o disparage_v the_o goodness_n and_o truth_n of_o god_n when_o we_o distrust_v those_o gracious_a declaration_n which_o he_o have_v make_v of_o his_o mercy_n and_o goodness_n if_o we_o do_v not_o think_v that_o he_o do_v hearty_o pity_v and_o compassionate_a sinner_n and_o real_o dedesire_v their_o happiness_n do_v not_o he_o condescend_v so_o low_a as_o to_o represent_v himself_o afflict_v for_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n and_o to_o rejoice_v in_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o shall_v not_o we_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v in_o
good_a earnest_n do_v christ_n weep_v over_o impenitent_a sinner_n because_o they_o will_v not_o know_v the_o thing_n of_o their_o peace_n and_o can_v thou_o think_v he_o will_v not_o pardon_v thou_o upon_o thy_o repentance_n be_v he_o grieve_v that_o man_n will_v undo_v themselves_o and_o will_v not_o be_v save_v and_o can_v thou_o think_v that_o he_o be_v unwilling_a to_o forgive_v we_o can_v honour_v and_o glorify_v god_n more_o than_o by_o entertain_v great_a thought_n of_o his_o mercy_n as_o we_o be_v say_v to_o glorify_v god_n by_o our_o repentance_n because_o thereby_o we_o acknowledge_v god_n holiness_n and_o justice_n so_o we_o glorify_v he_o by_o believe_v his_o mercy_n because_o we_o conceive_v a_o right_a opinion_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o truth_n we_o set_v to_o our_o seal_n that_o god_n be_v merciful_a and_o true_a psal_n 147.11_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n take_v pleasure_n in_o they_o that_o hope_v in_o his_o mercy_n as_o he_o delight_v in_o mercy_n so_o in_o our_o acknowledgement_n of_o it_o that_o sinner_n shall_v conceive_v great_a hope_n of_o it_o and_o believe_v he_o to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v provide_v thou_o do_v submit_v to_o the_o term_n of_o god_n mercy_n thou_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o despair_v of_o it_o and_o he_o that_o think_v that_o his_o sin_n be_v more_o or_o great_a than_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n can_v pardon_v must_v think_v that_o there_o may_v be_v more_o evil_a in_o the_o creature_n than_o there_o be_v goodness_n in_o god_n use_v 5._o by_o way_n of_o caution_n against_o the_o presumptuous_a sinner_n if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o trespass_n upon_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o presume_v to_o encourage_v themselves_o in_o sin_n upon_o the_o hope_n of_o his_o mercy_n let_v such_o know_v that_o god_n be_v just_a as_o well_o as_o merciful_a a_o god_n all_o of_o mercy_n be_v a_o idol_n such_o a_o god_n as_o man_n set_v up_o in_o their_o own_o imagination_n but_o not_o the_o true_a god_n who_o the_o scripture_n describe_v 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be_v regulate_v by_o his_o wisdom_n he_o will_v not_o be_v merciful_a to_o those_o that_o despise_v his_o mercy_n to_o those_o that_o abuse_v it_o to_o those_o that_o be_v resolve_v to_o go_v on_o in_o their_o sin_n to_o tempt_v his_o mercy_n and_o make_v bold_a to_o say_v let_v we_o sin_v that_o grace_n may_v abound_v god_n design_n his_o mercy_n for_o those_o that_o be_v prepare_v to_o receive_v it_o be_v 55.7_o let_v the_o wicked_a forsake_v his_o way_n and_o the_o unrighteous_a man_n his_o thought_n and_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o to_o our_o god_n for_o he_o will_v abundant_o pardon_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v a_o enemy_n to_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o his_o justice_n and_o it_o be_v no_o where_n offer_v to_o countenance_n sin_n but_o to_o convert_v the_o sinner_n and_o be_v not_o intend_v to_o encourage_v our_o impenitency_n but_o our_o repentance_n god_n have_v no_o where_o say_v that_o he_o will_v be_v merciful_a to_o those_o who_o upon_o 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what_o it_o be_v that_o give_v sinner_n such_o heart_n and_o make_v they_o so_o resolute_a and_o undaunted_a in_o so_o dangerous_a a_o course_n solomon_n give_v we_o this_o account_n of_o it_o because_o the_o punishment_n and_o judgement_n of_o god_n follow_v the_o sin_n of_o man_n so_o slow_o and_o be_v long_o before_o they_o overtake_v the_o sinner_n because_o sentence_v against_o a_o evil_a work_n be_v not_o execute_v speedy_o therefore_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_o set_v in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a the_o scope_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n discourse_n be_v this_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o god_n forbearance_n and_o long-suffering_a towards_o sinner_n in_o this_o life_n it_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a to_o discern_v the_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o other_o man_n this_o life_n be_v the_o day_n of_o god_n patience_n but_o the_o next_o will_v be_v a_o day_n of_o retribution_n and_o recompense_n now_o because_o god_n do_v defer_v and_o moderate_v the_o 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man_n be_v full_a in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a that_o be_v therefore_o man_n grow_v bold_a and_o presumptuous_a in_o sin_n for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o we_o render_v be_v full_o set_v in_o they_o we_o find_v esth_n 7.5_o where_o ahashuerus_n say_v concern_v haman_n who_o be_v he_o and_o where_o be_v he_o that_o dare_v presume_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o do_v so_o who_o heart_n be_v full_a to_o do_v so_o fervet_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la cor_fw-la filiorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la so_o some_o render_v it_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n boil_v with_o wickedness_n be_v so_o full_a of_o it_o that_o it_o work_v over_o man_n be_v resolute_a in_o a_o evil_a course_n their_o heart_n be_v strengthen_v and_o harden_v in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a so_o other_o translate_v the_o word_n the_o translation_n of_o the_o lxx_o be_v very_o emphatical_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_o persuade_v and_o assure_v to_o do_v evil_a all_o these_o translation_n agree_v 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will_v be_v in_o a_o more_o especial_a manner_n severe_a towards_o those_o who_o take_v encouragement_n from_o his_o mercy_n to_o disbelieve_v and_o despise_v his_o threaten_n and_o this_o god_n have_v as_o plain_o tell_v we_o as_o word_n can_v express_v any_o thing_n deut._n 29.19_o 20._o and_o if_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o he_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o this_o curse_n he_o bless_v himself_o in_o his_o heart_n say_v i_o shall_v have_v peace_n though_o i_o walk_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o my_o heart_n to_o add_v drunkenness_n to_o thirst_n the_o lord_n will_v not_o spare_v he_o but_o then_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o jealousy_n shall_v smoke_v against_o that_o man_n and_o all_o the_o curse_n that_o be_v write_v in_o this_o book_n shall_v lie_v upon_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n shall_v blot_v out_o his_o name_n from_o under_o heaven_n what_o ever_o right_a and_o power_n god_n have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o about_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o threaten_n 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and_o spare_v we_o at_o present_a and_o keep_v in_o his_o anger_n therefore_o if_o we_o go_v on_o to_o provoke_v he_o time_n will_v come_v when_o he_o will_v not_o spare_v but_o his_o anger_n will_v flame_v forth_o and_o his_o jealousy_n smoke_n against_o we_o this_o be_v but_o reasonable_a to_o expect_v that_o they_o who_o in_o this_o world_n forsake_v their_o own_o mercy_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o the_o next_o shall_v forsake_v they_o 4._o another_o false_a conclusion_n which_o man_n draw_v from_o the_o delay_n of_o punishment_n be_v that_o because_o it_o be_v delay_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o so_o certain_a the_o sinner_n escape_v for_o the_o present_a and_o though_o he_o have_v some_o misgiving_n and_o fearful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o future_a yet_o he_o hope_v his_o fear_n may_v be_v great_a than_o his_o danger_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o we_o be_v not_o so_o certain_a of_o the_o misery_n of_o wicked_a man_n in_o another_o world_n as_o if_o it_o be_v present_a and_o we_o 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