Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 229 by the throat, will threaten us, and frown upon us, if we come but neer it. Blefjedare the merciful, for they fhali obtain mercy. He (hall have judge- ment Without mercy that fheweth no mercy, lam. 2. 13. Study well Rom. 14, & 15. Chapters, and Gal. 6. which the proud, cenforious, felf-efteem- ing Profeffors of this age have ftudied fo little; and will dot underftand. When we deal fourly and churlifhly with our weak brethren, and in head of winning an offendour by love, we will vilifie him , and difdain him, and fay, Flow can fuch a man have any Grace ? and will think and fpeak hardly of thofe that do but cherifh any hopes that he may be gracious, or fpeak of him with tendernefs and compaffion ; coo wonder ifGod force the confciences of fuch perfons to deal as churlifhly and fourly with them, and to clamour againft them, and fay, How ca=.fl thou have any true grac Who haft fuch fins as thefe ? When our Lord himfelf dealt away fo tenderly with finners, that it gave occafion to the flan - derous Pharifees to fay, He was a friend of Pub- licans and Sinners : ( and fo he was; even their greateit friend.) And his command to us is, We then that areflrongought tobear the infirmities ofthe weak, and not to pleafe our ¡elves : Let every one of us pleafe his neighbour for his good to edification : For even Chrifl pleafed not himfelf, Rom. i 5. 1,2,3. And GaI.6. t,2. Brethren,i fa man be overtaken with afault, ye Which areffiritualreflore fuch a one in thefpirit of .meeknefs,confidering thyfelf, left thou alto be tempted. Bearye one another' burden, and fo fulfil the Law of Chrifl.Whenpeople canbears with almoít no infirmity 3
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