Religion & morality > Harmony of the divine attributes displayed in the redemption and salvation of sinners by Jesus Christ

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the little faith of this heavenly divine meeting : For all
the faints that are under the lively views'thereof, cannot
bur defire to meet together, and embrace each other har-
momoufly, in the arms of mutual love.
j. -H' nee, fee the malignity of the fm of unbelief, the
great employment whereof is,to fpoil t. e harmony ot the
divine perfe&ions; and to do its utmeff to difiblve that
glorious meeting, and feparate what God nath joined,
iav.ng, in effecl, they have not met together, nor killed
■each other. This we mav difeern in the unbelief whe¬
ther of fecure or awakened fmners S -e it in the unbe-
Jtef ot the fecure ftnner, who fets T'uth and Kighteouf-
n-fi out ol the meeting, faying, God Is a merciful God,
ar.d /foall have peace, though l walk in ihe imagination
dp my own heart, adding drunkennefs to thirft. Thus they
hope in God’s merev, and fpeak peace to thrmfelves,
while they never view the Truth and Righteoufnefs of
God, and bow the credit thereof fhall be faived, or the
honour thereof repaired: And hence, as faith is faid to
jVt to the feal, that God is true, or that he is a God of
Truth, fo unbelief is faid to make God a liar, to fancy
that God will have mercy on their fouls, without regaid-
jng the truth of his threatenings, is to make God a liar,
and fay, Mercy and truth have not met together ; to think
that God will be at peace with them, while his Righte-
oufnefs and juftice are not fatisfied, is to make God a
liar, and fay. Righteoufnefs and Peace have net met to¬
gether. Thus the unbelief of the fecure finner puts Truth
and R’ghteoufnefs out of the meeting.-—Again, on the
o hernmd, tbe'unbelief of the awakened finner, puts
mercy and peace out of the meeting, faying, O! He is
a God of Truth, and how (hall he have mercy on the
like of me? He is a God of awful juftice and righteouf¬
nefs, and how will he be at peace with me? What is the
language of this ? But that mercy and peace have not
met with tiuth and righteoufnefs; here is a making Gor^
a liar alfo, and feparating what God hath in the gofpel
declared to be joined. Behold then, the malignity of un¬
belief, it breaks the glorious meeting, and will not let
them kifs one another. The prefuming finner will jiot
let God have the glory ol his truth and/ightcoufnefs.