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Who

is

this

onepcifril'1

naáíts.

3

3,9

But

who is this

mercifull

man, what manner

of

man

is

he

Mercy

in

the

general],

it

may

be thus

defcribed.

It

is

that

grace

of

God,

whereby

the

foul

comes

to be truly

Wha:

merry

grieved

With

the miféries of others,

and

unfeignedly defirous

to help

and

relieve them

according

to their

ability,

mercy

hath

mifery for

itsobjeá

:

As

an envious

nun

heth

the

p:o-

fperity of others to

be

the object

of

his

envy, ;o the

misery

of

another

nun

is

the

objeòò

of

my picry and

myconi,

a.üon

who

an

a

mercifull

man.

For

my

part

faith the

Joule

of

amens

:u(l

man,

I

bleife

God

my

elate

iu

comfortable,

I

wan:

no.hinz

,

I

have

every thing

about

me

my

heart

can

deare,

but

the

Saints

about me are in mifery.

O that

I

could help

them that

are in

mifery, men

are

nude

fenfible by

them that

are

in

misery, a

Saints

mercy is drawne

forth

by

the

naiferies of

others

that

are

about.him.

But you will

fay,

The

Papills

and

the

Heathens,

they are

mercifull men,

they

are

pittifull

:

But what difference

is

there

then between the mercy of

a

nun truly

gracious, and

the mer-

cy

of others

?

Therefore

you

may

remember in the defcription

of

mercy

in

the general,.

I

told

you

that

it

was

a

grace

of Gods Spirit

whereby

the mercy of

a

man

is

drawne

forth

to them that

are

in

mifery.

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X

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SERMON