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it requires them to renounce their own Merits (and that's a mighty piece of Self-denial for wretched sinners that never had any ) and then cry Peccavi, before they can obtain Mercy: It lays that grievous burthen upon them, to be Friends with God, or rather to suffer God to be so far Lord of their Wills, as to advance them (like the great Abraham ) to be his bosom Friends and Favourites. In a word, |
it requires them to renounce their own Merits (and that's a mighty piece of Self-denial for wretched Sinners that never had any) and then cry Peccavi, before they can obtain Mercy: It lays that grievous burden upon them, to be Friends with God, or rather to suffer God to be so Far Lord of their Wills, as to advance them (like the great Abraham) to be his bosom Friends and Favourites. In a word, |
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