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ObjeíF
of Mercy.
way
of
juflice God
Both
will
that
wicked
men
should
perith
in their
fin,
that
is, when
in
a
way
and
courfe'
of
juflice they
come to
be
dealt with, but
otherwtfe, except
is
be
in
a
way
and courfe
of jutlice that they,maybe dealt
with, we
should
have
pitty
upon wicked men
when the hand
of
God
is upon
them
in
banging
mifery
:
It's true, there
is á
time
coming,
that
the
Saints shall
be
to
fwallowed
up
with
God,
with love
to God,
as
they fhall
pitty
wicked
men
no
more,yea
(hall have
no kind
of
compatlion towards
them
hereafter, when
as
it
fhall
be
revealed
fully
that
they
are
reprobates,
and
that
this
is
the
way
to
honour
himfelf eternally, to with draw
all
mercy from
.
them, then the
Saints
fhall not
pitty them, but
in
the
mean
time,
here
in
this world
we
are
to
pitty them,
becaufe though
they
be
now
wicked;we
do
nor
know
but
that
they
may
belong
to God,
and
be made
veffels
of mercy,
Inch a
wicked blafphe-
mer,
and
wicked
uncleane perfon,
the molt
monftruous wretch
.
that
is,
who knower
but that
God
may
fet
him
a
part
to
be
a
veiiel
of mercy
to
the
glory of
his
Free-grace,
and
therefore
becaufe
you know
not
yet
the
contrary,mercy fhould work to-
wards him,
to
pitty
his
foule and
toddy.
Thirdly, The
nexr
thing is, that
as
we
atoúldbe
merciful!
to
all
that
are
in
mifery,
fo
efpecially
to
them in refpe& of
their
fouls
:
There's
many men
and women have
pittifull
hearts to others,
when
they
fee
thempoor,
naked,
and
ready
to
flarve
then they
pitty them,
but
you
(hall have
fuch
pittifull
men
and women
to
have no compa
Pion
towards
their
foules,
but where
mercy
iss
true,
it
is
towards
the
foule
in
the
firfl
place,and
then
towards
their
bodyes.
Fourthly,
Further
for
the obje& of mercy, the
idle
guilt
there
is
upon any,
the
more he
is
to
be
pittyed in
his
ndiery,
as
thus, when
any
one comes.
into mifery
meetly
by
the
hand
of God,
And
not
by
their
own
wickedneffe; then
there's
much
mercy
to
be fhown
:
I
confeffe
though
men
f
ould be brought
into
mifery
by
their
wickedneffe
yet
í1i11,
except-it be
in
a way
and
courfe
of
legal!
proceeding,in
a
còurfe
of
juf%tce,they
mull
not