art Good, and ready to forgive, and Plenteous in Mercy to all them that call upon Thee.'-Ps. lxxxvi. 5. With the Lord there is Mercy, and with Him there is PLENTEOUS Redemption.'-cxxx. 7.

RICH AND MANIFOLD.

'God, who is Rich in Mercy.'-Eph. ii. 4. "They had wrought great provocations, yet Thou, in Thy Manifold Mercies, forsookest them not in the Wilderness.'-Neh. ix. 19. According to Thy Manifold Mercy, Thou savedst them.-27. 'Minister thy gifts one to another, as good stewards of the Manifold Grace [Mercy] of God.'-1 Pet. iv. 10. The Exceeding Riches of His Grace, [Mercy,] in His Kindness toward us, through Jesus Christ.'-Eph. ii. 7.

FULL, ABUNDANT, UNIVERSAL.

"The earth, O Lord, is Full of Thy Mercy.'-Ps. cxix. 64. 'According to His Abundant Mercy, He hath begotten Us unto a lively Hope.'-1 Pet. i. 3. The wisdom that is from above is Full of Mercy.'-Jas. iii. 17. 'According to His Mercy He saved us, which He shed on us Abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.'-Titus iii. 6. 'Let him return unto the Lord, and He will have Mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will Abundantly Pardon.'-Is. lv. 7. "The Grace [Mercy] of our Lord was exceeding Abundant.' 1 Tim. i. 14. His tender Mercies are over All His Works.' "That He might have Mercy upon All.'The Grace [Mercy] of God bringeth Salvation to ALL MEN.'-Titus ii. 11.

-Ps. cxlv. 9.

Rom. xi. 32.

LOFTY.

"Thy Mercy is great unto the Heavens, and Thy Faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.'-Ps. xxxvi. 5; cviii. 4.

GOOD AND SURE.

'Because Thy Mercy is Good, deliver Thou me.'—Ps. ` cix. 21. I will make an Everlasting Covenant with thee, even the Sure Mercies of [Messias, the seed of] David.'--Isa. Iv. 3; Acts xiii. 34.

TENDER.

"The Lord is very Pitiful, and of Tender Mercy.'---Jas. v. 11. O Lord, Thy loving-kindness is good; turn unto me

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according to the Multitude of Thy Tender Mercies.'---Ps. lxix. 16. 'Withhold not Thou Thy tender mercies from me, O Lord; let Thy loving-kindnesses and Thy truth continually preserve me.'---xl. 11. Will the Lord cast off forever? and will He be favorable no more? Is His Mercy clean gone forever? or hath he in anger shut up His tender Mercies? And I said, This is my infirmity !---lxxvii. 7--10. 'Great are Thy Tender Mercies, O Lord.'---cxix. 456. 'Let Thy tender mercies come unto me that I may live.'---77. 'Let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent [quicken] us, for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our Salvation, for the Glory of Thy name, and deliver us, and Purge away our sins for Thy name's sake; wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?'---lxxix. 8--10. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who Forgiveth all thine iniquities, who Healeth all thy diseases, who redeemeth thy life from destruction, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and Tender Mercies.'---ciii. 2--4.

ETERNAL.

'Thy tender Mercies, and Thy loving-kindnesses have ever been of Old.'---Ps. xxv. 6. The Lord is Good; His Mercy is Everlasting; and His Truth endureth to All Generations.'---c. 5. "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy Mercy, O Lord, endureth Forever; Thou forsakest not the works of Thine own hands. '---cxxxviii. 8. 'His Compassions fail not.'---Lam. iii. 22. O, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is Good; for His Mercy endureth Forever.'---Ps. cxviii. 1. The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness; the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; and the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of Hosts. For the Lord is Good: for His Mercy endureth Forever.'---Jer. xxxiii. 11. 'I will sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever, and make known Thy Faithful ness to All Generations; for I have said, Mercy shall be Built up Forever; Thy Faithfulness Thou shalt establish in the heavens.'---Ps. lxxxix. 2. The throne of God in the heavens is Forever;' 'in Mercy shall Thy throne be established.'--Lam. v. 19; Isa. xvi. 5. And they sung together by course, praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; be

cause He is Good, for His Mercy endureth Forever.'---Ezra iii. 11. Also 136th Psalm, and elsewhere.

REFORMATORY.

'By Mercy and Truth Iniquity is Purged.'---Prov. xvi. 6.

CONCLUSION.

'He shall deliver the Needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the Poor and Needy, and shall save the souls of the Needy; He shall Redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall be their blood in His sight.'---Ps. lxxii. 12--14.

'Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains! for the Lord hath comforted His People, and will have Mercy on His afflicted.'---Isa. xlix, 13. 'I will have Mercy upon those that had not obtained Mercy.'---Hos. ii. 22, &c.

'Then said the Lord unto Jonah, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither mad'st it grow, which come up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I have Mercy upon Ninevah, that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and also much cattle ?'---Jonah iv. 10, 11.

'I will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice.'---Mat. ix. 13; Hos. vi. 6. 'I came not to Destroy, but to Save.'

'I trust in the Mercy of God forever and ever. I will praise Thee forever because thou hast done it.'---Ps. lii. 8. I have trusted in Thy Mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy Salvation.'---Ps. xiii. 8.

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that Hope in His Mercy.'---Ps. cxlvii. 11. 'Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that Hope in His Mercy.'--Ps. xxxiii. 18.

'He retaineth not His anger forever, because HE DELIGHTETH IN MERCY.'---Micah vii. 18. 'I am the Lord, which exerciseth judgment, loving-kindness, and righteousness, for in these things I DELIGHT, saith the Lord.'---Jer. ix. 24. Is it reasonable, now, to believe that the Lord will forever deprive Himself of the exercise of that which affords Him

Delight? Yet such is the doctrine of that faith which teaches that all the achievements and efforts of Divine Mercy, are limited to this weak, hand-breadth existence.

'Let Israel Hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is Mercy, and with Him there is PLENTEOUS REDEMPTION. And He shall Redeem Israel from all his iniquities.'---cxxx. 7, 8. 'He hath concluded ALL in Unbelief, that He might have Mercy upon ALL.'---Rom. xi. 32. That as Sin hath reigned unto death, even so might Grace [Mercy] reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.' --Rom. v. 21.

"Art thou sure,

That Mercy, which forever must endure,
Extends no longer to the sons of men,

Than the short life of threescore years and ten?
Is such God's favor towards His creature inan?
His wrath eternal, and His love a span?"

PROPOSITION THIRTY-SEVENTH.

Universal Holiness is the Work of the Infinite JUSTICE.

EVIDENCES.

Ye who turn JUDGMENT to wormwood and gall, and the fruit of RIGHTeousness into bitterness.-Amos v. 7; vi. 12.

GOD IS JUST,'-Deut. xxxii. 4; 'RIGHTEOUS,'-Rev. xvi. 4; EQUITABLE.'-Ps. xcviii. 9.

ance are the Lord's.'-Prov. xvi. 4. abomination to the Lord; but a light.'-xi. 11.

'A Just weight and bal

A false Balance is an

Just balance is His de

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?'-Job iv. 17. 'Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?'-Gen. xviii. 25. 'Will the Lord cast off forever?' 'Will He reserve anger forever?" 'Wilt Thou forsake the work of Thine own hands?'

'Far be it from God that He should do wickedly; from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity. Yea, surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.'-Job xxxiv. 10--12. 'He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment

with Him.'-verse 23. 'The Lord will not cast off forever.' 'He will not keep anger forever.' 'Yea, a woman may forget to have compassion upon the son of her womb, but I will not forget thee.' 'I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.'

'To turn aside the Right of a man from before the face of the Most High, to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.'-Lam. iii. 36. The Almighty is excellent in Judgment, and in plenty of Justice; He will not [cruelly] afflict.-Job xxxvij. 23. He will do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy.'-Ps. lxxxvi. 3.

'If thou seest the oppressor of the Poor, and the violent perverting of judgment and Justice, [among men,] marvel not; but He that is Higher than the Highest regardeth.'Ec. v. 8.

"A worm hath rights,

A king cannot despoil him of, nor aught;

Yet wrongs are things necessitate, like wants,
And oft are well permitted to best ends.

A double error sometimes sets us right."-FESTUS.

His Judgments are TRUE, RIGHTEOUS, RIGHT, UPRIGHT.

'He hath prepared His throne for Judgment, and He shall Judge the World in Righteousness; He shall minister Judgment to the People in Uprightness. The Lord will be a Refuge for the Oppressed, a Refuge in times of trouble.'— Ps. ix. 7.-9.

The Judgments of the Lord are True, and Righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter, also, than honey or the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned,' [restrained.]-Ps. xix. 9--11.

'O, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! fear before Him, All the Earth. Say among the Heathen, The Lord reigneth! THE WORLD also shall be established that it shall not be moved. He shall Judge the People Righteously. Let the heavens Rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the