TO the Poor ih Spirit. his omnipotency Manifeted in the Creation ? andcallforth the World to this fiv et imployment, that inSecret and in Public:e it might be the bu f - nefs of our lives ? andyet /hall it be fo ovrrlookt, or cluefiioried, .& ifyou lived without Love and .Mercy in the world ? Providence doth part,, by heaping up Lillountains of daily Mercies, and thcfe it fets before your eyes : The Gofpe bath' eminentlydone itspart by clear defcribing them, andfully af fusing them, and this is proclaimed frequently inyour ears : Andyet is there fo little inyour hearts andmouths ? Doyoufee, andhear, andfeel, and tafle Mercy andLove ? doyou Liv` wholly on it ? and yet doyou flill doubt of it ? and think fo meanly of it, and fo .hardly ac - knowledge it ? God takes not this well but yet he confidereth your frailty, and takes you not at the word. He knows that f fh will play its part, and the Remnants of Corruption will not be idle : and the Serpent will be fuggefling fal fe thoughts ofGod, and will be flill ;rivingmoil to obiCure that part ofhis Glory which is Bearefl tr him, and efpecially which is moll conjoyned with the happinefs of Man. lie knows aifó, that ßn will breedforrows andfears : and that mans un- derflanding is [hallow, and all his Conceiving; ofGodare exceeding ton) : and that We are rofar' from Cod e Creatures , andfo mach further44 B z fnne
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