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Whcrcinit
theweth it
Celle.
FP.
Vices contrary
toit.
Mat.rr.t8.
Yfe
2.
Dolá.
We mull
be
mereifull.
Co1.3.rz,r;.
Wherein it
ílandeth.
z
Cor.u.zg:
Mat.y.;6.
efGod)
bowels
of
mercy,kindnefe,
&c.
Curtefie,it
is
a
fruit
of
the
Spirit,
Gal.5.23.The
n ìfdom
from
above
is
gentle,iam.3. r7.Eafieto
be
intreated.
Now
it fheweth
it
felfe
;
r.
In the matter
and
manner
of
fpccch.
a.
In
refpct tiveneffe
of
our carriage
and geflures
of
re-
verence.
3. In fome
appropriate works
of
it.
For
fpeech,
it
doth
make
it
kind¢ and affably
uttered; quite
contra-
ry
to
Cams
language,
. i4m
I
my
brothers
keeper ?
For
this, looke what
fweet language L4braham gave to
the
fons
ofHetb:
and
how
gently
he
intreated the Angels, Gen.18.23. And
fo
for the fecond,it
makcth
one put
honour
upon
another.
The
works
of
it
are
many,
as
r.
Ulu.
all
falutations.
2.
Commendations,Rom.r6.3. Going forth
to
meet
our friend on
the way,
taking our leave kindly,
8.
t
E.
Thefe
are fufficient
to
give a tafle
of
the
refl
:
Religion
is
mannerly
and
he
is
an
unmannerly
Pouts
that
thinketh
he
may
fpeake
currifhly,
flying
away
unrefpeetively
by
men,negles1 fuch circumftances
as
are named,
he
is
fo
farre irreligious.
Many are hence rebuked; fome fwaggering
ones
that
think
it
their
glory
to looke big and carry
a
proud countenance,
give
a
currifh
an-
fwer, they thinkit
an
honour
to
contemne every
body,
men hateful!
to God
and men. Again¢, our common rudeneffe,
our melancholicke
waywardneffe,
uncivill auflerity,
which
will
make people
as
they
did
by
John, aske
if
we
have
a
devill in us: we
muff
not
take up
a
foolifh
imitation
of
examples
extraordinary.
'Wemuft!carne to grace
our religion
with
fanckified
mannerlineffe,'
and
muff be curteous,
yet
take heed
of
popularity, let
us
not
be curte-
ous as
Abfolom,
this
is as
bad
as
morofitie.
What
if
thefe things
bee
but
complements, they
are
of
great moment unto
love,
and
how
was
the
difcourtefreof the Ammonites
avenged.
Take
heed offlarrerie,
of
apifh fuperfluitie, as
a
deale
of
killing
the hand,
fcraping, cringing,
overfpreading
the countenancewith
a
fmile.
a.
Wee
fee
that
we
mull
all of
us be
merciful!
: Beye merciful!
as
your
heavenly Father
is
merciful!: Put
on bowels
of
mercy
as the
Elea of
god.
Now
this
doth
containe
two
things; this being tender
hearted:
a.
That
we be
touched with the
miferies we
fee.
2.
That
we
be
inclined and inwardly moved to yeeld them
relief¢
:
the
one
followeth
upon the
other.
Thus
lob.3
o.a
5.
he did weepe with thofe
that
did weepe
,
and his
foule
wastyred for
thofe that were
in heavineffe
:
So
S.
Paul,
Who
ú
wake,
and
1
am not
weake
?
Who
is
grieved,
and
I
borne
not ?
And this
the word
principally
intimateth,
a man
whofe bowels
yearne eafily;
and
this
was
in
Chrift,
his
bowels
were
moved
for
them
:
Hence
follow-
eth the fecond,
a
willing mìnde to help, for
he
that
is
throughly tou-
ched with
griefe
for his brothers cafe, will put
the
belt
legge forward,
and be ready
to
help
:
Chriflians then
muff get fellowfeeling
in
mi.
fery and
readineffe
of
will
to
relieve , and
then
all
the
workes both
fpi-