Bad “Logic,” but Precious Divinity

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Joshua

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This is so very good from Andrew Gray (Works, p. 364)

Unto those who make any conscience of this duty [of mortifying one’s sins], we would say these two things:

1st, Ye may yield unto the premises and assertions of mis-belief, which it draws from the dominion of your sin over you, but deny the conclusions of misbelief: this was the practice of David, Psalm 65:3, there is the assertion of misbelief in the first words, Iniquities prevail against me; but he denies that conclusion which we draw from it, that we are reprobates; but faith doth sweetly subjoin, As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. This is bad logic, to deny the conclusion, but precious divinity.

And 2dly, We would say this to you, that ye may, with a great deal of liberty, make use of the dominion of your iniquity, as an argument to plead with God for pardon, according to that famous prayer of David, Psalm 25:11, For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. And we would say likewise, that God maketh use of the iniquities of the children of men, as an argument to provoke himself unto mercy, and even those iniquities, which before he had made use of as an argument of justice. It is strange to parallel and compare these two places, Gen. 6:5, with Gen. 8:21, where the reason that God giveth of the destruction of the world, is this, Because that every imagination of the thoughts of the heart of man is only evil continually: and yet, chap. 8:21, he giveth this as a ground, why he would curse the world no more for man’s sake, Because, saith he, the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.
 
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