...assoom..m. .natav**sv A choice Bed of Spices. and graciOnily merciful, are blefied3. and &all obtain mercy, --4Iat- 5. 7. (Mercy is-a commiferating of a:loftier mans,mi- '4'; ehaa.'8° Luc 6A 5. Eery in our hearts, or a forrow for another mans diarefs, or a 4DePti:u911..ide;:ivit. heart-grieving for another mans grief, arifing out of an un- feigned love unto the party affii6ted. Or more plainly thus ; Mercy is a pitying of another mans mifery, with a did and endeavour to help him to the 'utterraOff ,of our ability. Ti- i-lebrew for godly, 10111 Chaiid fignifies gracious, Merciful. The More godly any man is, the rilore merciful that man. will -be. Bicfed are tie wercirml, that is, bleffed are .they,.that thew mercy to others, out of a deep: fenfe of the mercy _of God to them in Chriil : Bleffed are fuch who thew-mercy out of love to tlercy,.obit of a delight in-mercy ; blefied are _filch asiliewinercyolitof loveand.obedienceto the God of mer- cy; bleffed are Neil as -fhew merg to men in mifery, upon tile 'account of the image of God, the glory of God thati, ftampt upon them ; bleffed are fuch as-,extend their. piety and mercy, '16t.only rornens bodies, ' but alfo to their precious - and immortal- fouls .,:' Soul-mercy is the chief of mercies.; the foul is the -moa precious jewel inall..the vvorld, it is:-.a. Vieflel of hAloar,::'tis A foark of glory.; :'rislhud of -et,::,4ni-, ty, 'ti3. the price of blond, ,'tis.-bea.:tiHie with the image of God, 'tis adorned with the grace of Cid:31 and 'ti.s. cloathed with the righteolfnefs of God.;.fach.a,fe- bleffed, as .thew naer,--. cy to bthe'zt,:frpm ignzioils :paotives a-nciT,confidexations-, 'Tic rijek; tilercy.t ha t everyday: keeps hell. and nqy foul fi.tn,- der, 'tis mercy that:thify pardons .1my :Kim, '.tis Ftt72-rq:-th4't fu plies al my inward and outWatd wants, 'tis mercy that preferves,,and feeth, and cloaths hi y oUtWard niail, and 'tis I mercy that renews, ficengthens:-. and proCpers my ira:varci mail, ,!tis- mercy that his:kept:Mt many tim,,;s fzoitcommit:,- tingfach'ai-xtfach:fitr,f tislnercy that' :has kept meIng-ty A tittle from falling ,beforekfachanolfuch temptationS '1 is mer7 cy'that: haSmAtWA time .prefe rved he Eat being fw al lOWed up by Etch and filch:in71rd and ..oati,,TAnd affliCtioimi Such as thew mercy oat of a defign to exalt and glorifie the God of mercy; ' fain h who thew 7 moa --tneTqlto:theu tOiw:heim,Gtid thewiitioft mart .y.:5::. bee are ..h.drefiettfil irid Kalil A btain zler- . F 2 ,...........e.....,..m..,..,,, C y .
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