Chap.g. according to Si M A T T H H VV. 107 For they jhalt obtttin mercy.] Mifericordirtm, .0'6» mercedem, Mercy, not wages : it being a mercy (and not a duty) in God, to render unto every man according to his works, Pfa1.62,I2. howmuch more according to his ownworks in us ? But mercy he fhall be lure of, that fhewethmercy to thole in mifery. His foul (hall be like a watered garden. The liberali foul¡hall be made fat, faithSolomon, and he that watereth /hall be watered al(3 himfelf, Or (asKimchi expounds it) He (hall be a fweet and feafonable lhowre to himtelf andothers. His body alto (hall be fat and fair- liking. Thy health that! spring forth ipeedily, and thy bones (hail be made fat, Ifa. 58, i o, I I. Or if he be lick , the Lord will ffrengthenhim upon thebed of langu:fhing ; he will make all his bed in his ficknes. As he did for that faithfult and painfull Preacher ofGods Word ( while he lived) M, William Whately, Paitour of Banbury ( whom for honours fake 1 here name) the moll bountifullMiniffer to the poor, I thinke ( faith alearned Gentle- man, that knew him chorowly) in England, of his means. He abounded in works of mercy ( faith another grave Divine, that wrote his life) he let apart, and expended, for the (pace of ma- ny years, for good fries, the tenth part of his yearly commings in,. both out of his temporall and ecckl[ticall means of mainte- nance. A rare example : And God vt as not behinde hand with him : for in hisfickneffe, he couldcomfort himfelf with that pre- cious prornife, Tf1. Bleffed it he that eonfidereth the poor, n i praoccupat vocempetituri, faith af(us`hin, that pre- vents the poor mans cry ; as he did, for he devi/zd liberali things, feeking out to findeobjeds of his mercy, and not flaying, many times, till they were offered. Therefore by liberali things be flood, as God had promifed ; his efface (as himfelf often teffified ). protpered the better after he took that courte above-mentioned. For (in the next place) not getting, but giving is the way to wealth, as the Sareptan found ir, wnofe barrell had no bottom t and as Solomon aflureth ir, Ecelef, it, a. The mercy of God crowneth our beneficence with the blefling of (tore. Thine horn 'hall be exaltedwith honour, and thou Jhalt not want. Say not then, How 'ball our own doe hereafter ? Is not mercy as Pure a grain as vanity ? Is God like to break ? Is not your Creatour your Creditour? Huhnot he undertaken for you and yours ? How fped MephiboJbeth and Chimham for the kindenefie their fathers. (hewed todiilreffed David ? Were they not plentifully provided for? Prov 11.2 'fa Etiam ip/e plu. via ertt.Juxra ris hyperbole, 6'e. ,.[ere. P1,11,411.3. M Bdz, LeL1i. M. Hen. Scud der. Aug in Pia1. 103. VI. 58, i t. P[al.tt2,g. PCOv,18,17.,
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