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The
graciosi
manner of
(hewing
mercy.
do
the
work
of
mercy
in
a
laviilr
way, but cgnfidcrs
wifely
of
the-
poore,
and
guides
his affairs
with
dt cretion.
Thirdly,
In
the exercife
of
mercy
there
mull be
much
fim
--
plicity
of heart
:
Rom:
12..8.
He tl;atgiveth,
let
him
do
it
with
.
íiirnplzcety,
yo,
will
fay,
what's the
meaning,
of
that
?
.-
The
meaning
of
it
i;
this.
Firil, Not
tahave
any
by and fquint
-eyed
aims in my
ving, but to
do it
io
the fimplicity
of
my
heart,
withouc
any
by
an
fiuint-ey'd
aimes, and
in
timplictty
:
Many are
mercifull, they
do
things
that aregood,
but
they
have
f
quint-
ey'd
aimes at themfe
lv
es..
.
Secondly, Simplicity, that
isnot
to
be
partial!
in
the
wages
of
my
mercy,God
would
have
me
to thew
mercy
to
one
more
then to
another,- according.
as
there
is
reafon,
but
not
to be
merciful
in
a
way
ofpartiallity,that
is,thoughothers.fiand;in
as
much
needof
my
mercy
as
this
man
doth,
and every
way
de-
.
ferves
it
as
well,
yet-
out of private refpe&s
I
let
the
courfe
().1-'
my
mercy
run
this
way
rather then the
other,
this
is
not
io
do
it
out
of
fimplicity.
Lafily,
We
muff
fo
i,lew
our
mercy.
as
that
we
mini}
be;fure
to tender
up
that
mercy that we (hew to others
for ac-
ceptation
in Jefus
Chr_iff,
to tender
it
up
in Jefus
Chril
that
it
may
be accepted
by
God,
Lo:
d,
may fuch
a
fouLfay
I
an
unworthy thou
ihouldeft thew
any
mercy
to
me,:
or
that thou
ilzouldeft accept
of
any
mercy
that
I
tender
up
to
thee.,
this
we
fee admirably let forth
in
Nehemiah,
who
was
one
of the mer-
cifullefl men that
ever
we
read
of,
yet
faith
he,,Ch:-
i r..
22,
Remember me O my Gol,concerning
this
alfo,and
fpareme
accor-
ding
to
the
greatre
ffe
of thy mercy,
He
was
a
mercifull
nun,
and
yet
he
pleads
to be accepted
in
mercy for
the
faylings
that
paf-
-fed
from him
in
the
tíewing
of
that mercy,
and
here
in
the
text,
Tleffed
are
the merci
fall
for
they(hall
obtaine Mercy:
They
fhali obraine mercy
for thofe faylingschar
they commit
in
the
ihewing of
their
Mercy
:
--®
Thus
you,
fee
whathis
raercifúll
man
is.
We
(hall
-now
come
to
(hew that
he
is
a
blell'ed man
;
Pro:
z
I.
9;.
J-le
that bath a
bounti
full
eye
fhall
be
bief
ed,for
hegivct
r
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