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another and towards All Men,' because God is a 'Father,'-1 Thess. iii. 12, 13; that 'IN keeping the Commandments there is great reward,'---Ps. xix. 11.

'I have been young, (said David,) and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.---Ps. xxxvii. 25. But, 'it withereth, THE PATHS of all that forget God.'-Job vii. 28.

"My times are in Thy hand! most precious thought!
This will I wear as Memory's brightest gem:

All things are Thine, and working for my good;

Nor would I wish to alter, if I could,

One cloud, one sunbeam of my earthly day."- HEMANS.

PROPOSITION THIRTY-FIFTH.

Universal Redemption is the Result of Infinite
GOODNESS.

EVIDENCES.

'THE LORD IS GOOD.'-Ezra iii. 11; Nahum i. 7, &c. His Goodness is GREAT.

"They delighted themselves in Thy Great Goodness.'Neh. ix. 25. 'Oh, how Great is Thy Goodness.'—Ps. xxi. 19. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy Great Goodness, and shall sing of Thy Righteousness.'Ps. cxlv. 7. I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the Great Goodness toward the house of Israel which He hath bestowed on them, according to His Mercies, according to the multitude of His loving-kindnesses. For He said, Surely they are My People, children; children that will err no more: so He was their Saviour.'-Isa. lxiii. 7, 8. 'How Great is His Goodness! how great His beauty!'-Zech. ix. 17.

ABUNDANT.

"The Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, Long-suffering, and Abundant in Goodness and Truth, keeping Mercy for thousands, Forgiving iniquity,' &c.-Ex. xxxiv. 6.

PROLIFIC.

'Thou crownest the year with Thy Goodness, and Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the Wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, and sing.'-Ps. lxv. 11--13. Thou openest Thy hand, and they are filled with Good.'-Ps. civ. 28. The Earth is full of the Goodness of the Lord.-Ps. xxxiii. 5. Despisest thou the Riches of His Goodness, and Forbearance, and Long-suffering?'Rom. ii. 4. Beneficent Deity! how long will the people of Christendom continue to limit and undervalue the inexhaustible treasures of Thy Goodness!

'Tis thus, that by creating to and from
Eternity, and multiplying ever

His own One Being through the Universe,
He doth eternize happiness, and make
Good infinite, by making All in Him.

There is but one great Right and Good,—and Ill
And Wrong are but the shades, not substances.
Nothing can be Antagonist to God."-FESTUS.

PARENTAL.

'If a son shall ask bread of any one of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?'-Luke xi. 11, 12. 'If ye, then, being evil, know how to give Good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in Heaven, give Good gifts to them that ask Him ?'-Mat. vii. 11. Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things,' (food, and raiment, and the Holy Spirit,)-Mat vi. 32, 'even before ye ask Him.'-verse 8.

IMPARTIAL AND UNIVERSAL.

"The Lord is Good unto ALL, and His tender mercies. are over ALL HIS WORKS.'-Ps. cxlv. 9.

'He giveth to

ALL, life, breath, and all things.'-Acts xvii. 25. He giv eth to ALL MEN, liberally.'-James i. 5. He causeth His sun to rise upon the Evil and upon the Good, and sendeth His rain upon the Just and upon the Unjust.'-Mat. v. 45. 'Love ye your Enemies, and do Good, and ye shall be

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the children of the Highest; for He is Kind to the Unthankful and the Evil.'---Luke v. 35. The profit of the earth is for ALL.'---Eccl. v. 9.

UNENDING.

"The Goodness of the Lord endureth Continually.'---Ps. lii. 1. 'Surely, Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.'---Ps. xxiii. 6.

UNMIXED AND UNCHANGEABLE.

"Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not Evil and Good.'---Lam. iii. 38, 'Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig-tree bear olive-berries? or a fountain yield both salt water and fresh ?'---Jas, iii. 11, 12. Even so, every Good Tree bringeth forth Good fruit; a Good tree cannot bring forth Evil fruit.Mat. vii. 18. 'This, then, is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness at all.'---Jas. i. 5. 'I am the Lord, I Change not.'---Mal. iii. 10.

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SUPREME.

'Why callest thou me Good? There is none Good, but One, that is God.'---Mat. xix. 17; Luke xviii. 19.

CONSTITUTES HIS GLORY.

'And Moses said, I beseech Thee show me Thy Glory. And the Lord said, I will make all My GooDNESS to pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and I will be Gracious to whom I will be Gracious,'--[even 'unto All,' for 'is it not lawful for Me to do what I will with Mine own? is thine eye evil because I am Good?'] ---Exod. xxxiii. 18, 19.

PRODUCTIVE OF CONTRITION.

They despise the Riches of His Goodness, 'not knowing that the Goodness of God leadeth thee to Repentance.'---Rom. ii. 4. 'It shall be to me a name of Joy, a Praise, and an Honor, before All the Nations of the Earth, which shall hear all the Good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all THE GOODNESS, and all the Prosperity that I procure unto it.'---Jer. xxxiii. 9. "Therefore shall they

come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to THE GOODNESS of the Lord; - - - and their souls shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.'---Jer. xxxi. 12. They shall fear the Lord, and His Goodness, in the Latter Days.'---Hos. iii. 5.

CONCLUSION.

'My People shall be satisfied with My Goodness, saith the Lord.'---Jer. xxxi. 14.

'Good and Upright is the Lord; THEREFORE, He will teach Sinners in the way.'---Ps. xxv. 8.

'O, taste and see that the Lord is Good; blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.'---Ps. xxxiv. 8.

'O that Men would Praise the Lord for His Goodness, and for His wonderful works to the Children of Men! For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with Goodness. Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High, therefore He brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He Saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of Darkness, and the shadow of death, and break their bands in sunder.---O, that Men would Praise the Lord for His Goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!'---Ps. cviith.

'Praise Ye the Lord! O, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is Good for His Mercy enuureth Forever.'---Ps. cvi. 1. "O, let thy soul

Remember, what the Will of Heav'n ordains,
Is ever Good for All; and if for All,

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"Behold the ways

Of Heaven's eternal destiny to Man,

Forever just, benevolent, and kind !"—AKENSIDE.

PROPOSITION THIRTY-SIXTH.

Universal Happiness is the Ultimate Effect of the Infinite MERCY.

EVIDENCES.

'THE LORD IS MERCIFUL.'---Jonah iv. 2; Joel ii. 15, &c. His Mercy is GREAT.

'Let us fall now into the hands of the Lord; for His Mercy is very Great; but let me not fall into the hands of man.' ---1 Chron. xxi. 13; 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. 'And Moses prayed unto the Lord, - - Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this People, according to the Greatness of Thy Mercy.'--Numb. xiv. 19. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with Great Mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting Kindness will I have Mercy upon thee, saith the Lord, thy Redeemer.'---Isa. liv. 7, 8. 'We do not present our supplications before Thee for our own righteousness, but for Thy Great Mercies.'---Dan. ix. 48. Thy Mercy is Great, unto the heavens, and Thy Truth unto the clouds.'---Ps. lvii. 10.

MULTITUDINOUS.

'Nevertheless, He regarded their affliction when He heard their cry, and He remembered for them His Covenant, according to the Multitude of His Mercies.'---Ps. cvi. 45. O God, in the Multitude of Thy Mercies, hear me, in the truth of Thy Salvation.'---Ps. Ixix. 13. Though He cause grief, yet will He have Compassion, according to the Multitude of His Mercies.---Lam. iii. 32. They remembered not the Multitude of Thy Mercies, but even provoked Him; nevertheless, He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His Mighty Power to be known. ---Ps. cvi. 7, 8. 'As for me, I will come into Thy house in the Multitude of Thy Mercy.'--Ps. v. 7.

PLENTEOUS.

"The Lord is Merciful and Gracious, slow to anger, and Plenteous in Mercy. He will not always chide, neither vill He Keep anger Forever.'---Ps. ciii. S. Thou, Lord,

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