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Anf
uer
to
the plea,
I
doe
what
I
can.
do
you think
that
fuch
a
one
would
neglerE
any
opportunity,
what think
you
that
thefe would not doe
:
The torments
of
hell
they do
not put
any
new flrength into men, but they
con
vine
them that
they might
have
done
more
:
----
I
might
adde
many
more
things
but
thefe
may ferve
as
fo
many con
vicîions
that
we
do not what we
can
:
--r
And
therefore
from
this point we are to be
reproved,
which plead
this plea
;.
But
bleffed
we
they
(that
dò thus)
that
hunger
and thirff
after
this
righteotsf
ejJe
for
they
(hall
be.
filled :
And
thus
I
have fini-
fhed
the
fourth
Beatitude,
which
bath
held
us
the
longef
t
of
any,
having the moll
in
it.
Verf.
7;
Bleffed are.
the mercifnll,
for
they
fhall
obtaine
mercy.
Here
we
fee
in this
Beatitude a.fweet
conjun&ion
between
the
two
verfes,
Bleffed
are
thole
that
hunger
and
thi'rff
after
righteoufneff è, for
they
fhall
be
fattsfïed
:
And
Blcfed are
the
mercifull
:
You
would
have
mercy,
faith Chrif}, and
that
is
a
Tweet
argument
to
you, and
you
would
have
a
fliare
in
mercy,
but
do\you
delire
righteoufneffe
as
well, you
would have righ
teoufneile,
you
would have
a
flare
in
the
righteoufneffe
of
Jefus Chrif
},
and you
would have
the
mercy
of
God,to
pardon
your fins,
but
are
you
mercifull
?
there
is
nothing
fills
the
foul
with more mercy
then the
confideration pf this, that we
have
our
fins
pardoned
in
the
righteoufneffe of
Jefus Chrift,
this
is
that
that
fills
the
foule with bowels
of mercy. There-are
many
arguments
that
may
preffe
a
man on
to mercy,
kindneffe and
pitty,
but
there
is
no argument that prevailes
more
with
the
foule
unto mercifulneffe
then
this,
thatthe
foul hath obtained
mercy in the righteoufnef
e
of
Jefus
Chrifl,
thofe
that
are
ac
quainted
with
the
righteoufneffe of
Chrifl,
and
the righteouf-
neffe
of
inherent grace, they would
have all
others
know
what
it
is
to
have
a
fhare
in the mercy
of
God
as
well
as
they them
(elves
Do
you hunger and
thirfl after
righteoufnefle,and
are
y©u
nerciful,
then
Bleffed
are
the merciful!, for they
fläll
obtain
mercy.
But