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Merry

when

-it

-is

a

worke

of

the grace

of

God;

of

common

Providence,

bit

I

look upon

the mercy

of

God

in

Chriit,the tender

mercies of

God

in

Chrif

};

A

nun

in

a

natural

way may

come

to

fee and know

that

God

is

merciful!, but

When f am

merciful from

a

fight

of Gods

mercy to me

in,Jefus

ChOlt, and therefore

I

fl

e:v

mercy

to

others,

this

is right

mercy,

in

Ch

'iilt

the beanies

of

Gods

mercy are

concen-

trod

assn

a

burning glaife,, fhey are

all

confentred toge-

ther

in

one

;

and when they

fhine

through

Chril} to

my

foule, then

they

warme my

heart,

the

beams of

the

Sun,

when

they

fhine

fcattered

tip and

down

in'the

Gyre,

they

caufe

force

light,

glory and heare,

but

when

they are conlentred in

a

bur-

ning

glaife,

then they

will

be

fo

hot

as

to burne

ones

cloathes,

fo

the

beanies

of Gods

mercy

in

common

providence,

they

will

heat the

hearts of men

and

move

them to

natural! picty,

but

when our

mercy

conies from

the confentring of the

mercy

ofGod to

my foule in

Jefus Cltrü

}, as

it

were the

burning

glaffe,

then

how

do

they warme

and

enlarge

the heart

of

a

inercifull

man, when he can

Pet

his foule

under the

beames

of

Gods

mercy

contra6ted,

and fhining through

the

laurning-

glaife of Jefus

Chrift himfelfe,

and when

the heart

comes to

be

warmed with

mercy thus,

then

it's

agracidus

work

indeed,

and mercy beyond

that of

a

naturall man.

:Fifthly,

The

confideratìon

of

my

unwo

thinené,

I

have

had

mercy,

and

not

only

common mercy

but

mercy in

Chrifi,

who

ardfo

unworthy,

and why bath

God

made

any

difference

be-

tween me

and

others

what

is

it

that

caufes

a

difference

fo,

that

fuch

a

one

fhould be

poq:e,

and I have

an

of

}ate,that

they

are

borne of beggars,

and

I

of

parenrs

that

bath

leftme

á

com-

fortable

mate,

or

ifp

:-ovillence.

bath_

cad

it

fo

though

born

of

as

good

parents

as

I,

yet

they

áre

in

mifery,

and

I

in

comfort

:

Many

of

you

may

fay

you came

to the City

but

with

a

flaife

in

your

hand,

and what an

elate

bath

God railed

you

to

If

the

grace

of

mercy

works

in you

the

confideration

of

your

un-

worthinef e

of

any

thing, that

God

fhotild make

a

difference

betweene

you,

and

others out

of,

Free

grace,

and from

no-

thing of

your

felves, this doth mightily

enlarge

bowels- of

mercy,

Sixthly;