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Mercy
when
it
is
a
work
of
the race of
God.
343
are
all
thefe to me
fa
long
as
others
fuffer hard
things, what
if
I
were in bonds with
them,
and
if
I were
fpoild
of
all
that
I
have
as
they are, what
if God
had
putme
ià:o
the
fame
cote
di
:ion
that
they are,
how
fhould I be arfeóted, and
as
I
would
have
others
to pitty
me
if
I were
in
the
like
condition,
fo
I
la-
bour in my
heart
to
pitty them, here's
a
merciful! man,
a
err-
.
ciful! woman
:
---
Thefe
are
the feveral
workings
of
the
bow-
els
of
mercy.
Secondly,
Mercy
when
it
is
a
work
óf
the grace of
God,
and not
meetly
fome
naturali work,
as
may be in
natural' men,.
there
mercy
arîfes upon
gracious
motives,
when
the heart
works in wayes
of
mercy gracioafly,
it
bath gracious motives
to
raife up
this working, and
to
maim aine
thefe
workings
of
mercy.
Fir
'',
The
foule looks upon
God
as
the
God
of mercy,
and
Motives,
looks
upon
the excellency
of
mercy in
God
himrelfe
:
Oh
Mercy
it
is
lively
in
God,
the
bowels
of
Gods
comb
a`Iì.on
yearns towards
his
creatures
in
mifery,
and
therefore
if
I
be
a
child of
God
why
Ihould
it
not
yearne in me
to,
why
fhould
there not
be
a
likeneffe
in
me to the
God
that
I
pr©fef
fe
to be
my
Father.
Secondly,
I
my felfe have
need ofmercy every day,
I
live
upon
mercy,
it's
mercy
that maintaines
me.,
it's
mercy
that
keeps me
out of hell, it's mercy that provides for me,
and
if
I
have
fuch
need of mercy
and live upon
it,
then
why
!'Mould
not
I
be
mercifull towards others.
Thirdly,
I
have
not
onely
need
of
it,
but
I
have
received
mercy, the Lord
hath
been mercifull to
me,
mercifull to my
body, mercifull to
my
foule,
I
have had
preventing mercy,
deliveringmercy,
healing mercy, comforting
mercy,
laving
mercies, mercies of
all
forts when
I
was
in
miferies,
I
'have
cryed, the Lord pittyed
me and hath
helped
Me, now
I
that
have
received
fo
much
mercy,
it's
inSnitely
,equal
that
I
should be
mercifull
towards
my
brethren;
Fourthly, When the
mercy
of God
comes from grace,
it
comes from
a
fight
of the
mercy
of God
in
Chriii,
n
at
onely
that
God
is
merciful!, and hath
beenmerciful! to me in
a
way
of